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n E Society before presentation to the Board of Commissioners. MOTION: The suggestion by Collins was accepted as a motion by Best and seconded by Burklin. VOTE: Unanimous. AGENDA ITEM #8: SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS a. Preliminary Plats (1 Lot) (1) Durham Estates - Plan Amendment (10 Lots Chapel Hill Township) Presentation by Eddie Kirk. 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 a letter from Mark O'Neal, agent for Mr. W. T. Durham. 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 a Collector Street. The Planning Staff recommends 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 reference the watershed protection standards for University lake Watershed. (A copy of the revised Resolution of Approval is attached to these minutes on pages .) Discussion followed regarding the applicant's proposed easement rather than access onto Dairyland Road. Concern was noted that lots 7 and 8 would also use the easement as access rather than driveways on each of those lots.