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16 <br />through restrictive covenants in amounts <br />significantly greater than required by <br />standards for recreation /open space <br />dedication. <br />(Recreation /open space dedication is <br />required for greenways along the streams. <br />The applicant has proposed a 20 -foot <br />private recreation and creek access ease- <br />ment. The orange county Recreation and <br />Parks Director has recommended dedication <br />of the minimum area, 13,068 square feet, <br />for public recreation space. The exact <br />location and amount of dedicated and /or <br />preserved open space will not be determined <br />until the Preliminary Plat is submitted.) <br />4. Significantly larger than required stream <br />buffers and lot sizes, and /or other design <br />features are proposed as part of a subdi- <br />vision to be located in a Protected Water- <br />shed as designated on the orange County <br />Comprehensive Plan to reduce the amount of <br />impervious surface and cause infiltration <br />of storm water runoff to prevent the <br />pollution of water supply reservoirs. <br />(The stream buffer shown is as required by the <br />Zoning Ordinance. 4 of the 6 lot sizes <br />are more than twice as large as the minimum <br />allowed. Homes will be clustered near the <br />road to maximize infiltration of runoff.) <br />5. Topographic and environmental features, <br />..such as streams, steep slopes, or <br />watersheds, that would be adversely <br />affected by the use of roads constructed to <br />State standards because of factors such as <br />significant amounts of earthwork (cut and' <br />fill) that would contribute to increased <br />runoff of stormwater' and siltation. <br />(Building the road to'State standards <br />would increase grading and impervious <br />surface as well as eliminate more trees.) <br />EVALUATION SUXMARY: The subdivision is in a rural portion of <br />the University Lake Protected Watershed. Lot sizes are larger <br />than the minimum required. Restrictive covenants will protect <br />existing trees and prohibit further subdivision. The homes <br />will be clustered near the new road away from slopes and <br />streams and will not be visible from Neville Road. other <br />subdivisions in the area are served by private roads. The <br />Planning Staff recommends that Sabre Court be approved as a <br />Class B private road. <br />