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THE JOHN R. McADAMS COMPANY, INC. <br /> CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br /> 100 HAYES BUILDING,GLEN LENNOX CENTER,CHAPEL HILL <br /> P.O.BOX 2898,CHAPEL HILL,NORTH CAROLINA 27514 (979)967-7079 <br /> THE TIMBERS <br /> A MOBILE HOME PARK DEVELOPMENT <br /> APPLICATION TO ORANGE COUNTY FOR PLANNED <br /> DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL <br /> SEPTEMBER 9, 1981 <br /> LOCATION <br /> The Timbers is located in Orange County, about one mile southwest of the <br /> Town of Hillsborough. The site is to the northwest of Orange Grove Road and <br /> has access off of Orange Grove Road, and is located immediately south of <br /> Interstate 85 and immediately east of the designated right-of-way for the <br /> proposed Interstate 40. The site occupies the western 14 acres of a tract <br /> of land that is totally about 44 acres in size (after a 16 acre taking for <br /> the 1-40 right-of-way) . <br /> DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT <br /> The Timbers will consist of 86 mobile homes, 13 of which will, be on lots 30 - - <br /> feet wide, and the balance on 40 foot wide lots. At the north end of the <br /> development is a 4-acre area reserved as open space, in which will be built <br /> a small pond and a swimming pool. Access to The Timbers is off of Orange <br /> Grove Road, and public water and sewer will be provided. All of the land <br /> will, be under common ownership, with spaces rented to the tenants. In most <br /> cases the mobile homes themselves will, be owned by the tenants. <br /> ACCESS TO THE SITE <br /> The Timbers is located about 900 feet off of Orange Grove Road, which is a <br /> State-maintained two-laned secondary road. Traveling northeastward on Orange <br /> Grove Road, it is only 3/4 of a mile to reach the Town Limit line of <br /> Hillsborough. By traveling northeastward on Orange Grove Road and then taking <br /> Old NC 86 south, one can get on I-85 about two miles from The Timbers. By <br /> traveling southwest on Orange Grove Road and taking two other State roads to <br /> the west that cross under 1-85, one can get into west Hillsborough in the area <br /> of Hillsborough Textiles with about three miles of travel. <br /> The traffic generated from The Timbers will not overload Orange Grove Road. <br /> Although the current traffic load on Orange Grove Road is not now known to <br /> the Developer, The Timbers Development should add only about 100 vehicles per <br /> hour to the peak hour traffic. (The average traffic generated by The Timbers <br /> would be only about 30 vehicles per hour.) The peak hour capacity of Orange <br /> Grove Road, assuming about 40 mile per hour traffic and typical delays for <br /> 4 <br />