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M <br />Proposal: The petitioner has submitted an amendment to the approved Major Subdivision <br />Preliminary Plat application package for Triple Crown Farms, originally reviewed and approved by <br />the BOCC on June 17, 2014. <br />The amendment proposes to: <br />1. Construct roads serving the proposed single - family residential lots to the applicable County <br />private road standard versus the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) public road <br />standard. <br />2. Modify and reduce proposed roadway widths from 20 feet to 18 feet in width. <br />STAFF COMMENT: Lots 9 and 10, as approved on the original preliminary plat, were <br />combined and recorded via an Exempt Subdivision within Plat Book 118 Page 21 with <br />the Orange County Register of Deeds and assigned PIN 9860 -01 -0141. <br />4. Eliminate a proposed fire pond. <br />STAFF COMMENT: Fire suppression shall be achieved via a nearby OWASA owned <br />water line and hydrant. <br />Other than the above changes, the amended Preliminary Plat keeps the same lot, road, and open <br />space that was indicated in the original Preliminary Plat application. <br />The applicant continues to propose a Flexible Development layout with lots adhering to an allowable <br />1 -acre minimum lot size with approximately 36.25 acres of Common Open Space. A summary of <br />the revised proposal is as follows: <br />Subdivision Type <br />Number of <br />Single- family <br />Lots <br />Average Lot <br />Size <br />Area in <br />Common Open <br />Space <br />Common <br />Open <br />Space <br />Percentage <br />Flexible <br />19 lots <br />3.3 acres <br />38.53 acres in <br />41.4% in <br />Development Plan <br />(including 1 <br />Common Open <br />Common <br />Exempt lot of <br />Space provided <br />Open Space <br />11.1 acres) <br />proposed <br />Density is 1 <br />(34.34 acres in <br />dwelling unit for <br />Common Open <br />(33% <br />every 5.47 <br />Space required) <br />required) <br />acres of the <br />total property <br />STAFF COMMENT— SUBDIVISION TYPES: The proposal is in accordance with the anticipated <br />densities for properties located within the Rural Buffer land use category as defined within the <br />adopted Comprehensive Plan, Rural Designated area as denoted on the Growth Management <br />Systems Map, and the requirements of the Joint Planning Land Use Plan. <br />Roads: The applicant is proposing the creation of two private roads serving the proposed 19 single - <br />family residential lots. Per Section 7.8.5 of the UDO the roads will have to be constructed to <br />appropriate private road standards. Specifically, the plan calls for: <br />