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• The developer proposes to provide 34.80% open space, which the Home Owners <br />Association will own. Another 0.91 acres of platted land within the stream buffers <br />(secondary open space), which is not counted in the dedicated open space calculations, <br />the Home Owners Association controls through deed restriction. This deed restriction <br />does not diminish the usable lot area below the 40,000 square foot minimum (6.24.2). <br />• Nearly 40% of the dedicated open space consists of regulated floodplains, land with <br />slopes over 25%, and mature upland forests. (IV-C-3) <br />• Over 60% of the dedicated open space is forested, but not in a regulated floodplain or on <br />slopes over 25%. <br />• The Home Owners Association will own all of the dedicated open space. <br />Recreation Space: <br />Public Recreation Space: <br />• Chapel Hill Township District Park (per the Recreation Service Area Boundaries Map) <br />• No physical dedication is warranted because neither County Recreation has identified <br />sites nor has ERDC identified conservation sites for this area, The payment in-lieu option <br />is viable.. (IV-B-7-b) <br />Private Recreation <br />• Acreage required to be set aside: 1.71 acres or 61,12 acres x ,028. <br />• Applicant will provide an approximate 4,600-foot long footpath within the subdivision and a <br />total of 8.82 acres of private recreation space.. <br />Certification of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS) <br />As per the attached letter, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools awarded a Certificate of <br />Adequate Public Schools for 18 housing units. (See the attached memo dated March 6, <br />2006, ) <br />Fire Suppression <br />Applicant will install a water withdrawal facility in Moore Pond along Deerfield Trail for the <br />purposes of a source of emergency water for fire suppression, <br />Buffers: <br />Flexible Development Option (IV-D-2) <br />• Every proposed lot has afifty-foot perimeter setback buffer and every building site has at <br />least a 100-foot building buffer from the subdivision perimeter, plus additional sideyard <br />setback areas. <br />• Developer provided a landscape plan showing primary and secondary tree protection. <br />• 34.80% of the property is in common open space (40% of which is primary and 60% is <br />secondary open space. No platted lots contain primary open space. <br />Water -Sewer: <br />• Individual well and septic disposal systems will serve all lots. <br />• The Orange County Environmental Health Department has determined that there are 18 <br />acceptable private septic disposal fields and replacement fields. (See the attached letter <br />from Alan Clapp.) <br />Development Process, Schedule, and Action <br />Planning Board <br />• First Action: Concept Plan approved on February 1, 2006 with the following conditions <br />1. Because of existing and projected traffic volumes on Jones Ferry Road, provide a right <br />turn deceleration lane on the north side of Jones Ferry Road to the east of the <br />entrance. <br />