Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
~~ <br />Michelle Kempinslti: Are you using the 85-acre tract to calculate the number of'lots? <br />Bruce Ballentine: The density of the two parent tracts is included. <br />Michelle Kempinski: Previously we used different numbers when calculating the open space. <br />Why not use the same numbers? <br />Glenn Bowles: These can be considered estate lots, which use different calculations. The <br />residual lot can be considered as an estate lot, and all open space in it. We based the open space <br />calculation on the subdivision as submitted. The Tanaka tract is not actually a part of the <br />preliminary subdivision, but since it is a part of the parent tract, the area cannot be further <br />subdivided. <br />Robert Davis: This is no longer part of the subdivision. <br />Bruce Ballentine: 22 lots is the absolute maximum that could ever be developed on the two <br />parent tracts. <br />Glenn Bowles: The Ordinance specifies the order to check the numbers, Step 1 is to calculate <br />the yield analysis. Once the subdivision is established, step 2 is to calculate open space of the <br />subdivision. <br />Renee Price-Saunders: So, by removing the Tanaka tract from the subdivision, it cannot be <br />further subdivided in the future? <br />Robert Davis: The density only allows one or two lots on the Tanaka tract, which will not <br />change, The density calculation including the Tanaka tract was used in determining the density, <br />That goes with the lot of record. <br />Judith Wegner: What power does the Planning Board have regarding the assumptions for <br />sustainable water supply and usage? <br />Glenn Bowles: North Carolina water laws prescribe a reasonable use doctrine.. Existing and <br />future potential property owners have reasonable expectations of use of the groundwater. State <br />law does not specify those levels.. <br />Judith Wegner: I understand the rights issue. I'm questioning more the linkage between the <br />regulatory capacity and use as it applies to the allowable density. How does the water draw <br />apply? <br />Glenn Bowles: We use the USGS Study that was done in the 1990s that suggested that density of <br />2-3 acres per lot could Ue sustained under natural conditions based on normal groundwater flow. <br />Judith Wegner: It would seem we have the density protocol regulations that don't say for' us to <br />try to regulate water usage. <br />Jay Bryan: We don't have water regulatory authority <br />