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11 <br />R D <br />PINEY MOUNTAIN <br />ROUTE 3, BOX ZERO <br />ROUGEMONT, NORTH CAROLINA 27572 <br />April 1, 1991 <br />Ms. Emily Cameron <br />Orange County Planning Department <br />306 -F Revere Road <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Re: Piney Mountain - Phase 11 Revision <br />Dear Ms. Cameron: <br />Because of my heavy involvement with the Orange County Rural Character Committee, T am <br />aware of the sensitivity surrounding alternative sewer systems and the possible concern over <br />Piney Mountain's latest preliminary plan revision of Phase II. Therefore, a brief review of the <br />Piney Mountain concept and the Phase II revision may be helpful to the planning review process. <br />Piney Mountain is a cluster subdivision located on Mt. Sinai Road in the Rural Buffer. Each <br />homesite is a minimum of one acre, leaving over 60 acres of community greenspace. North <br />State Utility owns and operates a community LPP septic system located within this greenspace. <br />As a public utility, North. State is under the control and supervision of the North Carolina Public <br />Utilities Commission and the Division of Environmental Management. For this service, North <br />State earns a regulated rate of $18 /month which pays for the on -going maintenance of the <br />system. <br />The system operates under a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued to serve 59 <br />Piney Mountain homesites. The Phase H preliminary plan revision relocates lot 45 and expands <br />the amount of existing field area to treat effluent. <br />Our need to expand our total septic treatment area results from two sources. First, most of our <br />treatment area is wooded and therefore introduces an element of construction inefficiency as <br />lines weave between the large trees. Thus, the total linear feet of line required by permit could <br />