Agenda - 04-03-2018 6-a - Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat Application

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70 5. Prior to any construction or alteration of any existing access within the right-of-way of Dairyland Road, the owner/applicant shall secure a driveway permit from the NCDOT District Office. The owner/applicant shall submit a copy of the NCDOT-approved permit and NCDOT approval letter to the Planning Department prior to, or at the same time as, the request for a grading permit is made, or before Planning Department signatures are affixed on the Final Plat, whichever is first. 6. Sight triangles (10' x 70') shall be shown on the Final Plat at the intersection with each of the aforementioned roadways and Dairyland Road. E. Land Use Buffers and Landscaping 1 The 30-foot wide land use buffer along Dairyland Road, identified on the approved Preliminary Plat, shall be preserved in perpetuity in accordance with the provisions of the UDO. The document, as well as any local covenants, shall require the applicant or future homeowners association to preserve the required land use buffer. 2. Trees within the tree protection area denoted on the approved Preliminary Plat shall be preserved as proposed by the applicant. 3. Upon completion of roadway improvements Planning Department staff shall complete an inspection in the area to ascertain if additional roadway plantings are required in accordance with the provision(s) of the UDO. In the event additional plantings are required, the applicant shall submit a formal landscape plan re-establishing required vegetation. The owner/applicant shall install landscaping as indicated on the approved Landscape Plan and the Planning Department shall inspect and approve such landscaping before signing the Final Plat. It should be noted no part of any additional landscaping shall encroach into the ten (10) foot by seventy (70) foot sight triangles at the public road intersection. OR The owner/applicant shall submit a letter of credit or cash bond to secure required landscape installation and preservation. The owner/applicant shall provide, as specified within the UDO, an estimate of the cost for required preservation, plantings and their installation. The financial guarantee shall reflect 110% percent of the estimate and be issued by an accredited financial institution licensed to do business in North Carolina. 4. Provision for protection of existing trees shall be included in the Final Plat, as well as the recorded Declaration of Restrictions as prepared by the Orange County Planning Department. 5. Clear cutting or other removal of any trees or other vegetation on individual lots is prohibited as specified within the UDO. This requirement shall be further evidenced within the subdivision's recorded Declaration of Restrictions and Final Plat.