Agenda - 08-17-2004-9c - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

7 OR Guaranteed financially through a letter of credit, escrow agreement, or bond submitted to secure required landscape installation and preservation. An estimate of the cost for required preservation, plantings and their installation must be provided. 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. Provisions for protection of existing trees as shown on the approved landscape plan shall be included in a document describing development restrictions and requirements to be prepared by Planning Staff and recorded concurrently with the Final Plat. No clear cutting on individual lots per section IV-B-8-c of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations is permitted. 2. A Type A Land Use Buffer shall be provided along Old N.C. 10 and along M[. Hermon Church Road as shown on the Preliminary Plan. The buffer shall be 75 feet in width along Old N.C. 10 and 30 feet along Mt. Hermon Church Road and shall be composed of deciduous and/or evergreen vegetation, forming semi- opaque intermittent visual obstructions from the ground to a height of at least thirty (30) feet. Said buffer shall be so noted on the plat, and described in a document describing development restrictions and requirements to be prepared by Planning Staff and recorded concurrently with the Final Plat. Easements for the portion of buffers within lots shall be conveyed to the Homeowners Association for enforcement and maintenance. D. Drainage 1. Locate drainage easements on the final plat as required following review and approval of the Erosion Control Plan. 2. Drainage culverts shall be sized and located as required by both NCDOT and a North Carolina licensed Professional Engineer. E. Parkland 1. Cash in the amount of $4,220.00 shall be paid to Orange County as payment in lieu of parkland dedication prior to recordation of the final plat. 2. The second paragraph of Section IV-B-7-b of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations references the required minimum recreation space ratio in the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, Article 5.1.1, which requires 0.028 square feet of recreation space per land area dedicated to residential use [0.028 * 9.24 _ .25 acres or 11,269 square feet]. In those cases where the required minimum recreation space results in a larger amount than the public recreation space requirement of 1/57 acre per lot, the difference shall be established as private recreation space for the use of the residents of the development (11,269 - 7,642 = 3,627 square feet (.08 acres). The developer has planned 9.11 acres of open space (39.8%) to be maintained by the Homeowners Association, which satisfies the County requirements for private recreation use.