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OR AN G E C O U N T Y 1 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: jLay 15 1990 Action Agenda Item # SUBJECT: DURHAM ESTATES - PRELIMINARY PLAN AMENDMENT DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes —x —No ATTACHMENT (S) : Amended Resolution of Approval Letter from Mark 0,Neal Final Plat Draft 4/16/90 Planning Board Minutes INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Kirk Extension 2582 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Durham - 688 -7331 Mebane - 227 -2031 Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 PURPOSE: Consideration of an amendment to the Preliminary Plan for the Durham Estates subdivision. BACKGROUND: The Preliminary Plan for the Durham Estates was approved by the County Commissioners on February 5, 1990. The approval provided for lots 7, 8, and 9 to receive access from Lumley Drive in Laurel Springs Subdivision. Lot 6 was to receive access from Dairyland Road, since it did not have frontage on Lumley Drive. The applicant has requested that the Preliminary Plat be revised to provide a 30 foot access easement between lots 7 and 8 for access to Lot 6. Several environmental advantages of access via the easement are indicated in the attached letter. First, it shortens the driveway through Lot 6. Second, it keeps the driveway away from a drainage area leading to Morgan Creek. Finally, it allows the lot to access onto a road of lower classification. Lumley Drive is considered a Minor Street, whereas Dairyland Road is Collector Street. The Planning Board, in their April 16 meeting, recommended that item E3 of the Resolution of Approval be amended to include a 30 -foot access easement between Lots 7 and 8 for access to Lot 6, and that item C2 be amended to reference the watershed protection standards for University Lake Watershed. They also added a condition that Lot 6 use the proposed easement for access and not be allowed to