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19 <br /> (4) Four Birches <br /> (16 Lots - Little River Township) <br /> • Presentation by Eddie Kirk. <br /> The property is located at the north east <br /> intersection of Hopkins Road (SR 1537) and Bill <br /> Poole Road (SR 1536) in Little River Township. <br /> The property is not zoned and the Land Use Plan <br /> designation is Agricultural Residential. Adjacent <br /> land uses are residential and undeveloped <br /> (wooded) . <br /> The total acreage of the tract is 45.85 acres. <br /> Sixteen (16) lots are proposed with thirteen (13) <br /> being served by two private roads. The other 3 <br /> lots have frontage on the existing state roads. <br /> Bill Poole Road and Hopkins Road are gravel state <br /> maintained roads. Each lot will be served by <br /> individual wells and septic tanks. The applicant <br /> has submitted a private road justification for the <br /> two proposed Class B private roads. <br /> The latest traffic count indicated that in 1988 <br /> Bill Poole Road had an average daily traffic count <br /> of 50 at the county line. Hopkins Road has an <br /> average daily traffic count of 70. <br /> The Planning Board reviewed and approved the <br /> concept plan on April 17, 1989 with private roads. <br /> The appropriate agencies have reviewed the <br /> proposal. <br /> The North Carolina Department of Transportation <br /> has recommended that the right-of-way along both <br /> state roads be dedicated. This has been added as <br /> a condition of approval. <br /> Orange County Environmental Health Department has <br /> located tentative sites on each lot for septic <br /> tank sewage disposal. <br /> The Orange County Attorney has indicated his <br /> concern about the private roads less than 500 feet <br /> in length not having to be constructed. Only <br /> Class C private roads less than 500 feet in length <br /> do not have to be constructed. Since these two <br /> roads would be Class B private roads, they would <br /> have to be constructed to Class B standards. <br /> Paul Thames, the County Engineer has recommended <br /> that drainage easements would possibly be needed <br /> on some lots in the subdivision. He has also <br />