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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 21, 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item #_ 1 <br /> SUBJECT: GOVERNOR' S GROVE - PRELIMINARY PLAN <br /> ACTION BY: October 21, 1993 <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Kirk <br /> Extension 2582 <br /> Resolution of Approval <br /> Application <br /> Vicinity Map TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Fiscal Impact Analysis Hillsborough. - 732-8181 <br /> Agency Comments - Durham - -. 688-7331 <br /> 1/25/93 Planning Board Minutes Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Traffic Impact Analysis Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Preliminary Plan <br /> 8/16/93 Draft Planning Board Minutes <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for Governor's <br /> Grove. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located in Cedar Grove Township on the <br /> east and west side of Governor Scott Road (SR 1351) . <br /> Governor Scott Road is an unpaved state-maintained <br /> secondary road and considered a major local road in the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. The tract is 177 . 28 acres with 116 <br /> lots proposed. Lot sizes range from . 92 to 4 . 50 acres. <br /> The property is not zoned, however, it is designated as <br /> Agricultural Residential, Watersupply Watershed and Water <br /> Quality Critical Area on the Land Use Plan. It is also <br /> classified as WS-II by the State. State-mandated <br /> standards for the protection of classified watersheds must <br /> be implemented by January 1994 . When zoning or watershed <br /> standards are adopted, this area will be zoned as Water <br /> Quality Critical Area and require a two-acre minimum lot <br /> size. Out of the 116 proposed lots, only 14 will comply <br /> with the pending two-acre minimum lot size standards. The <br /> County is in the process of considering watershed <br /> standards which are scheduled for public hearing on August <br /> 23 , 1993 . <br /> Paved, public roads are proposed throughout the <br /> development. A 1992 traffic count on Governor Scott Road <br /> indicated 140 trips per day. With 116 lots proposed, <br />