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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 306F REVERE ROAD HILLSBOROUGH. NORTH CAROLINA 27278 M ORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners Planning Board FROM: Emily Cameron, ASLA Planner II SUBJECT: Land Use Buffer Waiver Request - Crescent Ridge DATE: March 1, 1991 10 This Land Use Buffer waiver request is submitted by J. Kevin Huggins, applicant for Crescent Ridge Subdivision. The property is located on the north side of Dairyland Road (SR 1113) at the intersection of Albert Road (SR 1179) in Chapel Hill Township. A waiver has been requested for the planting requirements on lots 1 and 19 within a Type A 30 -foot Land Use Buffer between a collector road and the proposed residential land use. Section IV -B -8 -g of the Subdivision Regulations (Amended 4- 17-90) authorizes the Board of Commissioners to waive addi- tional planting requirements when one or more of the following conditions exists: 1) the topography of a site and /or the size of a proposed lot is sufficient to serve the purpose of a buffer; 2) existing structures, utilities, gardens or active farmland are located in the buffer or setback areas; or 3) an existing residence or structure with established lawn areas and /or plant beds is contained within a proposed subdivision lot. The applicant's letter and a subsequent inspection of the proposed subdivision produced the following facts in support of a waiver. Most are illustrated on the attached landscape plan: 1. Both lots are 5.01 acres in size. Although this subdivision is partially in the University Lake Watershed, a limited number of 2 -acre lots are allowed. Therefore, lots 1 and 19 are 2.5 times larger than the minimum required. 2. Part of the required buffer as shown on the landscape plan contains an embankment up to six feet above the - -- level of Dairyland Road. The bank will be partially n