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offsite, in the south east corner of the site where stormwater is slowed by the drainage pattern <br />of the railroad. <br />The property includes two gently sloping knolls in the front of the property that form several <br />"saddles" which break the drainage patterns to flow to the north, south and east. Steeper <br />slopes are found to the west of the property and generally drain south to the aforementioned <br />stream. No steep slope areas exist on the site. <br />There is an existing access easement and gravel drive running east to west that bisects the 68 <br />acre parcel along the northern boundary of the 10 acre parcel for the purposes of accessing <br />the off -site cell tower facility west of the property from Millhouse Road. There is another <br />access easement and driveway along the north side of the property that provides access from <br />Millhouse Road to the Green Beagle Lodge. <br />Parcel Summary Data <br />The following table summarizes selected information relative to various land development <br />parameters for the subject parcels: <br />Street Address: <br />6823 Millhouse Road <br />Total Acreage: <br />78.22 acres <br />Current Land Use: <br />Parks Operation Center <br />ZoninE Jurisdiction: <br />Orange Count <br />Current Zoning: <br />Rural Buffer <br />-Zoning Overlays-._ <br />Jordan Lake Unprotected <br />Future Land Use Designation: <br />Rural Buffer <br />Municipal Services: <br />Outside Urban Services <br />Bounda <br />Environmental Areas: <br />Stream buffer, possible wetlands <br />100 -Year Flood Plain: <br />None <br />River Basin: <br />Cape Fear (Jordan Lake) <br />Street Authority — Millhouse Road: <br />NCDOT <br />Zonin$ and Development Review <br />The subject parcels are regulated under the planning jurisdiction of Orange County and <br />subject to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan; an agreement between Orange County, Chapel <br />Hill and Carrboro. The Plan designates the area in which the parcels are located as the "Joint <br />Courtesy Review Area" which means the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro must be <br />provided the opportunity to review and comment upon development proposals with final <br />approval authority resting solely with Orange County. <br />Given the density limitation of a minimum two acre lot size per dwelling unit associated with <br />the Rural Buffer zoning designation, a zoning change to Home Park — Conditional Zoning <br />(HP -CZ) is envisioned. While the concept of clustering lots with a minimum size of one acre <br />3 <br />