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Approved 1/11/2016
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<br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 6 of 48
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<br />meet the site plan and the SUP as well. 1
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<br />So I’ll just… This is the property; I know most everybody here knows where the property is. For the members of the Board, it’s on 3
<br />Morrow Mill Road and it’s near the intersection of Millikan Road and as we discussed and I’ll show you further in the presentation 4
<br />we’re proposing to have the main entrance off of Morrow Mill Road and what we call the service entrance off of Millikan Road. As 5
<br />you can see, from the aerial abstract the site is mostly wooded, there’s a lot of hardwoods on the property as well as pines. 6
<br />There’s two areas, one to the east and one to the west that were previous pasture, some of that still is, some has grown up in 7
<br />small pines at this time, these two areas right down in here. We’ll adjust that later as we get into the landscape and buffering plan. 8
<br />So as Pat said this was the existing conditions map that we’re required to show, we did three surveys to locate all the substantial 9
<br />trees within the area of the barn and the proposed site. It does show the proposed septic field area. We had a soil scientist do a 10
<br />detailed analysis of the soils on the property to determine number one, if there’s going to be suitable soils there for this facility- no 11
<br />suitable soils, no facility. So they found that the areas shown here is suitable for a conventional system, just like you would have at 12
<br />your houses. There was additional soil area found for other types of alternate systems- lower pressure pumps and so forth. But 13
<br />we’re focusing on what is going to be the conventional system of this area. So at this point, we have preliminary approval from 14
<br />Orange County Department of Health. We have not submitted the application yet for the septic permit from Orange County, that 15
<br />will come later, but we feel confident with the soils testing that was done. As Pat mentioned, it shows the separation of the 16
<br />proposed barn from the houses that the closest residence nearby. Most of those are well over 600-700 feet and beyond, some up 17
<br />to over a thousand feet away. But these are the closest existing residences that are within the residence of the proposed project. 18
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<br />This is the rendering that Pat talked about, it’s the same site plan. It just gives you an idea as does the aerial image that you saw 20
<br />of the existing trees that will still be saved on the property. The property is about 22 acres. This project itself being located in the 21
<br />center of the property will preserve almost all of those wooded areas. We’re only disturbing in total for the whole project about 4 22
<br />acres. So we’ll be retaining the majority of these existing woods that are on this property. 23
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<br />As Pat mentioned, this is just a detail of two entrances. One from Millikan Road, one from Morrow Mill Road. These are both state 25
<br />roads with DOT. So we would meet the requirements of NCDOT for connecting to the state road of these two locations. And the 26
<br />overall site plan to your right just kind of blends all that information together- the site plan, the septic area, the barn and our two 27
<br />drives that connect to the property. Same thing that Pat showed you, this is detail site plan of the parking areas of the barn. 28
<br />Related to the two entrances and the access to the property and the proposed 250 maximum occupancy, and that’s Kara’s 29
<br />maximum she’s talking about, she’s not after anything more than that. And depending on how the septic works out it could 30
<br />potentially be less. But based on that proposal, average daily traffic trips will be somewhere in the area of 66 to 163 cars per 31
<br />event, just depending on the size of the event, how many people attend and those conditions that would affect that. 32
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<br />This is just a detail, still the same plan, shows our grading for the site. The parking areas, the drives, would all be gravel. No 34
<br />asphalt. All the drives and parking would be gravel just to maintain the rural character. There will be for the handicap parking spots 35
<br />right at the front of the building needs, obviously, the paved concrete surface, to meet ADA requirements for accessibility. As well 36
<br />as the sidewalks that come from the parking lot into the barn itself. As well as the septic site for the property, it would also require 37
<br />a well, so we’re still going to propose a well at this location. And then the solid waste and recycling facility here, that Orange 38
<br />County solid waste would provide services to. They have also reviewed the plans and given preliminary approval of our solid 39
<br />waste management plan. 40
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<br />On these two it does show on the right here the lighting which as Pat mentioned meets the ordinance requirements for not 42
<br />dispersing any light off the property. In this case it’s going to be well contained within the property. There’ll be no light even 43
<br />anywhere near the property line so I’ll get into that in just a little bit in some more detail. Second thing, as we showed on the 44
<br />original overall aerial, these two areas where there was kind of no trees we would be installing (vegetative) buffer along the 45
<br />perimeter at these locations to meet the requirements of the ordinance for a 30-foot buffer. 46
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<br />One thing I’d like to mention is that during the neighborhood information meeting, of course we heard a lot of concerns, one in 48
<br />particular from a gentleman, Mr. Ray that lives across the street from a proposed entrance was regarding concern of headlights of 49
<br />cars leaving at night, shining into his house, and so that is a real concern. I tried to call Mr. Ray, I did call Mr. Ray and talked to 50
<br />him. At that point, they had already contacted Mr. Rooks and so he just referred to me to talk to David about that, I did not but, we 51
<br />were then and still are now will to meet with Mr. Ray and discuss the location of the drive and look at the conditions on the 52
<br />property, which I have done myself at night, I’ve looked at that. And it is a valid concern. So I just want to reiterate that we’re still 53
<br />open to meeting with Mr. Ray to look at that. We still have flexibility to adjust the location on that drive that would best suit 54
<br />minimizing those impacts, as well as offering potentially some additional bumper plantings along his property that would help 55
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