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t <br />1 <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 18, 1992 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # Vitt—is <br />SUBJECT: FEATHERWOOD PHASE II - PRELIMINARY PLAN <br />ACTION BY: September 17, 1992 <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x —No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution of Approval <br />Application <br />Vicinity Map <br />Applicant's Letter & <br />Private Road Justification <br />staff Evaluation <br />Agency Comments <br />Preliminary Plan <br />7/20/92 Planning Board Minutes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Kirk <br />Extension 2582 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To reconsider the Preliminary Plan for Featherwood Phase <br />II Subdivision. <br />BACKGROUND: The property is located at the southeast corner of Piney <br />Grove Church Road (SR 1711) and US 70 Business in Eno <br />Township. The property is zoned Rural Residential (R -1). <br />The Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan designates <br />the area as Rural Residential. <br />There are eight (8) <br />average lot size is <br />proposed to be serv, <br />tanks. Lot 8 would <br />and 2. Part of lot <br />for lot 6. <br />lots proposed out of 10.24 acres. The <br />1.29 acres. All lots except lot 8 are <br />?d by individual wells and septic <br />be used as sewer easement for lots 1 <br />7 would be used as a sewer easement <br />A Class B private road, Featherwood Court, is proposed to <br />serve four (4) of the eight (8) lots. The remaining lots <br />would access off Piney Grove Church Road (SR 1711). The <br />applicant's private road justification is included in the <br />attachments. <br />The Planning Staff has evaluated the private road and, due <br />to the location, size of lots, and private road criteria, <br />recommends a public road. The subdivision does not <br />provide larger than normal required lot sizes, larger than <br />required setbacks or proposed open space, and is not <br />located in a watershed. Based on proposed density, the <br />