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DRAFT 859 which is on county land. Several crucial problems attach to this plan. First, the new road will 860 open directly onto my home. The corner of which is only 30 feet from the hard surface of 861 Millhouse Road. Noise from the vehicles entering and exiting while vehicle lights in the winter 862 and dust from the road with southwest winds would all cause a significant diminution of the 863 quality of my life. This traffic will be seven days a week. It is a business. Second, the surface 864 area resulting by building this new road, now mostly trees and underbrush would only increase 865 the runoff entering into this watershed. I understand the county or the state does not recognize 866 this as an official watershed but there is a tremendous amount of water. Even Mr. Abbott stated 867 that a lot of water comes through this area, a tremendous amount. Third, this runoff from the 868 road will wash over the proposed drain field for the septic tank. Up to 900 gallons a day is 869 permitted into this drain field. This road is at 500 feet if you look at the plot. The pond is about 870 482 feet; an 18 foot drop and approximately 150 feet. A significant drop in such a short 871 distance. To open up additional surface by building this road above the drain field and not 872 necessary at best, at most it is reckless. Fourth, the exit is not safe with a blind hill to the south 873 and a blind turn to the north. In ice and snow conditions, no vehicle can turn south towards 874 Chapel Hill and go up the hill from a dead stop. Bruin Way entrance could be moved 30 or 40 875 feet to the north to help with a safer exit. That is eliminating any safety issue whatsoever. 876 Given the time, expense, the serious impact on my life and property and the impact and use of 877 county land for this business, the decision to have this new road is seemingly so arbitrary when 878 one, the proposed owners has a road already made. That is indeed perplexing to me. As a 879 partner, Mr. Griffin can easily grant an easement namely, Bruin Way, to this proposal kennel 880 and also the Purner's home which they use already. Given that the proposed kennel is 881 encumbered by the owner's agreement as stipulated on the plans, then Mr. Griffin as part owner 882 could have no problem in granting this new easement to the proposed kennel. I submit that no 883 documented material has been supplied to this board to show that these concerns have been 884 met. Health, welfare and safety issues which I raise here are substantial and I find nothing in 885 the presented information to address them. The real problem here that I don't emphasize is that 886 this new road will open directly on to my house which is very close to the road and those cars 887 during the winter on exiting if they are open up to 7:00 p.m. during the winter. All the foliage will 888 be down in front of my house and the lights will scan if they are going north as they turn. That 889 will be intolerable. I never thought this would happen. Also, I think a very significant problem is 890 trying to go south on this road from a standstill going up the hill is impossible. I worked for the 891 postal service for 32 years and every time there was going to be any weather condition, and 1 892 went to work at 2:00 a.m., and I had to leave my truck at the top of the hill because I could never 893 get out of my driveway from a standstill off a gravel road onto the hard surface road to go up the 894 hill because you can't go uphill. So I had to take my vehicle to the top of the hill and park it at 895 my neighbors. Drainage, there are very significant problems with water drainage throughout 896 this whole area. Look at the land gradient on the map. To open up such a significant area to 897 surface runoff by building is indeed questionable. Now, it is mostly forestry. With the addition of 898 the proposed road and its open surface area, we are talking about a very significant area open 899 to surface runoff. How much? It does not say. Any restriction on further exposed areas to 900 drainage, it does not say. All this water will enter Millhouse Pond. There is no other exit. We 901 have here the central point is Blackwood Mountain. To the north slope of Blackwood Mountain 902 is the source for New Hope Creek. The southeast portion of Blackwood Mountain comes 903 through this whole area we are talking about. Notice the pond above the kennel, there is my 904 pond, just at Millhouse Road and there is a pond below this and all these empty into New Hope 905 Creek. There will be a significant amount of water coming through here. Several years ago, 1 906 had my pond redone after it was a pond for 80 years. The dam was compromised by animals 907 so I had a contractor come in and he did the pond at significant expense. We dug it out and did 908 the dam and while I was in Florida looking after my mother, one spring, there was so much 909 water, it washed out the dam: Now, the contractor made good on it and we did it again but 1 910 can't over emphasize enough how much water comes through here. There needs to be more 911 study and documentation submitted to this board. I find no study or documentation that neither 912 addresses the increased amount of water nor is there any documented evidence concerning the OC Board of Adjustment — 5/14/2012 Page 17 of 41