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standards. An estimate of the construction cost must be prepared by a <br />certified/licensed engineer or grading contractor and submitted to the Orange <br />County Planning Department. The financial guarantee must reflect 110 percent <br />of that estimate and be issued by an accredited financial institution licensed to do <br />business in North Carolina. <br />The document describing development restrictions to be recorded with the Final <br />Plat shall state that the financial guarantee will not be released until the road <br />construction has. been inspected and approved by NCDOT. <br />2. An erosion control plan for construction of High Ridge Drive and Rolling Meadow <br />Drive shall be submitted by the applicant to the Orange County Erosion Control <br />Division for review and approval prior to final plat submittal. <br />3. Prior to any construction or any alteration of any existing access within the right- <br />of-way West Lebanon Road, the developer/owner shall secure a driveway permit <br />from the NCDOT District Office. A copy of the NCDOT-approved permit and <br />letter to the Planning Department shall be submitted at the same time as the <br />request for Planning Department signatures on the Final Plat. Sight distance <br />triangles shall be shown at all intersections within the subdivision, or included <br />within the right-of--way of the proposed street. <br />4. Access to all lots shall be from internal subdivision roads, High Ridge Drive and <br />Rolling Meadow Drive, exclusively. Driveway cuts shall be a minimum of 50 feet <br />from street intersections. <br />5. An approved street name sign shall be erected at the intersections of: West <br />Lebanon Road (SR 1306) and High Ridge Drive, and High Ridge Drive and <br />Rolling Meadow Drive, as required in Section IV-B-3-c-12 Street Name Si ns of <br />the Orange County Subdivision Regulations. The applicant shall submit either <br />evidence that the sign is in place or a receipt for purchase of the sign prior to <br />Planning Department signatures on the Final Plat. <br />6. The applicant shall construct a T-tumaround at the southeast end of High Ridge <br />Drive extending into Lot 9, and a T-tumaround at the west end of Rolling <br />Meadow Drive extending into Lot 14 to NCDOT standards prior to recordation of <br />Final Plat. The Final Plat and Declaration of Restrictions shall include provisions <br />to remove the T-turnaround areas if at some future time High Ridge Drive and <br />Rolling Meadow Drive are connected to new roads constructed on adjacent <br />tracts. <br />C. Land Use Buffers and Landscaping <br />Landscaping shall be installed or preserved as indicated on an approved <br />landscape plan and shall be inspected and approved by the Planning <br />Department prior to Final Plat approval and again prior to the transfer of control <br />of the Homeowners Association from the developer to the home owners as <br />provided by the recorded Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions . <br />for Highridge Subdivision. Landscaping shall include a 30-foot buffer along West <br />Lebanon Road. <br />OR <br />