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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 1, 1989 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # 6-24 <br /> SUBJECT: FALLING CEDARS - PRELIMINARY PLAN <br /> ACTION BY: September 6, 1989 <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Crudup <br /> Application Extension 574 <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Preliminary Plan <br /> Preliminary Plan Certification TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Private Road Justification Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Staff Evaluation of Private Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Road Justification Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Agency Comments Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> 7/17/89 Draft Planning Board <br /> Minutes <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the preliminary plan for Falling Cedars <br /> Subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located in Bingham Township on the <br /> west side of Dodsons Crossroads (SR 1102) 1 .5 miles <br /> north of NC Highway 54. It is zoned Residential-1 and <br /> designated Rural Residential in the Land Use Element <br /> of the Comprehensive Plan. In 1987 the traffic count <br /> for SR 1102 near Highway 54 was 1400 trips per day. <br /> Adjacent land uses are residential. <br /> The total acreage of the tract is 21.76 acres. Eight <br /> (8) lots are proposed which average 2 .47 acres in <br /> size. These lots will be served by individual wells <br /> and septic tanks. Lots 1 and 7 will have easements on <br /> adjacent lots for septic drain fields. <br /> The applicant has submitted a private road <br /> justification for a new Class B private road to access <br /> the 8 lots. The written justification and the <br /> Planning Staff's evaluation are included in the <br /> agenda. Based on the character of the area in <br /> addition to the design, features included in the <br /> subdivision, the Planning Staff has concluded that a <br /> Class B private road would be appropriate on this <br /> site. The roads in The Trails are the only public <br /> paved subdivision roads in the area. The roads in <br /> Sunnyfield, Pickards Mountain, Western Park, Five <br /> Forks, Twin Streams, Forest Knolls, and Covered Bridge <br /> are private and unpaved. <br />