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t 1 <br /> 1 • <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 1, 1989 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # C.6,6R <br /> SUBJECT: HILARY CORNER - PRELIMINARY PLAN <br /> ACTION BY: September 6, 1989 <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No-ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Crudup <br /> Application Extension 574 <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Preliminary Plan <br /> Preliminary Plan Certification TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Agency Comments Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Private Road Justification Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Staff Evaluation of Private Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Road Justification Chapel Hill- 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> 7/17/89 Draft Planning Board <br /> Minutes <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the preliminary plan for Hilary Corner <br /> Subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located in Chapel Hill Township on the <br /> west corner of Old Greensboro Highway (SR 1005) and <br /> Bowden Road (SR 1946) . It is designated as Agricultural <br /> in the Land Use Element of the Joint Planning Area Land <br /> Use Plan. The zoning is Rural Buffer and Protected <br /> Watershed II. Adjacent land uses are residential and <br /> agricultural. In 1987, the traffic count for Old <br /> Greensboro Highway was 1700 trips per day. That road is <br /> designated as an arterial in the Comprehensive Plan. No <br /> traffic count information is available for Bowden Road. <br /> The tract contains a total of 38.846 acres. Five (5) <br /> residential lots are proposed which average 7 . 1 acres <br /> in size. The lots will be served by individuals well <br /> and septic tanks. The applicant has requested that a <br /> Class B private road be permitted to access the five <br /> lots. The private road justification and the Staff <br /> evaluation are attached. <br /> All applicable agencies have reviewed the preliminary <br /> plan. The NC Department of Transportation has <br /> recommended that sight triangles be added to the <br /> entrance. This requirement will be included as a <br /> condition of approval. <br /> Comments from the County Engineer involved site <br /> drainage, sight triangles, and the relationship of <br /> septic field sites to house and well sites. These <br />