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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 6, 2013 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat Application – Annandale at Creek W ood <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Preliminary Plat Application Package <br />2. Property and Vicinity Map <br /> Michael D. Harvey, Planner III (919) 245-2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2575 <br />3. Staff Generated Correspondence <br />4. Fiscal Impact Analysis <br /> <br />5. Excerpt of Approved Minutes from the <br />November 7, 2012 Planning Board <br />Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To review and make a recommendation to the BOCC on a Major Subdivision <br />Preliminary Plat application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.15 and Article 7 <br />Subdivisions of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for the Annandale at Creek Wood project <br />off of Whitfield Road. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The Planning Board reviewed a Concept Plan for the subdivision at its November <br />7, 2012 regular meeting. Agenda materials for this meeting can be viewed utilizing the following link: <br />http://orangecountync.gov/planning/documents/NovPBPacket.pdf. Minutes from the meeting are <br />contained within Attachment 5. <br /> <br />Development Process, Schedule, and Action: In accordance with Section 2.15 of the UDO, <br />the review of a major subdivision is as follows: <br />• FIRST ACTION – Submission of a concept plan application containing a proposed <br />layout for the project based on a ‘conventional’ and ‘flexible’ development option. <br />STAFF COMMENT: As indicated at the November 7, 2012 Planning Board <br />meeting a complete concept plan application was submitted. <br />• SECOND ACTION – Planning staff schedules a Neighborhood Information Meeting <br />to invite property owners within 500 feet of the subject property to view the proposal. <br /> STAFF COMMENT: Staff held the required meeting on October 15, 2012. <br />• THIRD ACTION – The Planning Board shall review and make a recommendation on <br />the Concept Plan Application making a decision on whether the proposed <br />development should proceed as a ‘conventional’ or ‘flexible’ development. <br />STAFF COMMENT: At its November 7, 2012 regular meeting the Board voted <br />unanimously to approve the flexible development option for Annandale at Creek <br />Wood. Per Section 2.15.2 (G) (3) of the UDO the applicant has two years, from <br />15