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13 Existing Conditions Location: The proposed 70.54 acre site is located approximately 1 mile south of US Highway 54, on the west side of US 15-501 South, between Scroggs Elementary School and Merritt Drive. Dogwood Acres Drive divides the 7054 acre site into two parcels of 47..89 acres (north of Dogwood Acres Drive) and 22.65 acres (south of Dogwood Acres Drive). The western property line of the 70 acre site (approximately .3,900 linear feet) is adjacent to 13 lots in the Dogwood Acres residential neighborhood. The northenr property line (approximately .3,500 linear feet) traverses around the southern end of the Southern Village development, sharing a common property line with the Scroggs Elementary School, the school's athletic field and the Town's Park and Ride lot. Approximately .3,500 linear feet of the proposed site bas frontage on US 15-501 South, afour-lane, median divided highway. Several residential buildings are located on the opposite side of the highway. The southern end of the property includes 230 feet of fi°ontage on Merritt Drive, an unimproved public road. Approximately 1,000 feet of the site fironts Dogwood Acres Drive. Except fora 2.47 acre portion of the site near the intersection of Merritt Drive and US I5-501 South, the site is located within the Chapel Hill town limits and the Urban Service Boundary. The entire site is located within the Watershed Prrotection District. Existing Buildings: The site does not contain any buildings. VeGiculm~ Access: The property includes public street frontage along US 15-501 South, Dogwood Acres Drive and Merritt Drive. The US 15-501 South frontage includes access to an old timber road on the northern portion of the site. The site also adjoins a portion of the Southern Village Park and Ride Lot,. The approved Special Use Permit for the Park and Ride lot anticipated providing vehicular access to the proposed park. Pedestrian Access: A fve-foot sidewalk exists along a portion of the site's frontage on US 15- 501 South, between Dogwood Acres Drive and Southern Village. The interior of the site also includes an informal network of pedestrian foot paths with access points onto Merritt Drive, Dogwood Acres Drive (two access points), the southern end of the Southern Village Greenway and into the Town's Park and Ride Lot. Utilities: An overhead .3-phase electric utility line runs along US 15-501. Another overhead single phase utility line runs across (east to west) the 22 acres portion of the site south of Dogwood Acres Drive. The site does not include water, sewer, or natural gas infrastructure. The closest water lines are located approximately 150 feet and 500 feet away respectively, in Dogwood Acres and Southern Village. The closest sewer main is approximately 100 feet away in Southern Village. Bns Stops, Routes: The Southern Village Park and Ride Lot is located along the site's north property line.