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5 <br /> • Construction of a single access road called "Birdie Lane" affording vehicular ingress/egress <br /> from US Highway 70 East located within 50-foot right-of-way, 20-foot improved travel ways <br /> and required ditch sections. Development of the roadway will include construction of right <br /> (westbound) and left (eastbound) turn lanes within the existing 100-foot right-of-way for US <br /> Highway 70 East at the development's entrance; and <br /> • Construction of a roadway called "Bogey Court" within 50-foot right-of-way, 20-foot improved <br /> travel ways, ditch sections, and two terminating in two culs-de-sac with 40-foot radii. <br /> STAFF COMMENT. The applicant has coordinated with the NC DOT District Engineer <br /> regarding the location and design of these road improvements. Staff has determined the <br /> proposed roadway construction and layout is consistent with the requirements of the <br /> UDO. <br /> Staff has determined there was no reasonable opportunity for creation of a `stub out' street <br /> to ensure future roadway connectivity to adjacent parcels due to concerns over potential <br /> impacts to adjacent streams/water features, topography, and potential impacts to existing <br /> development and road networks. <br /> County and NC DOT staff have determined proposed access onto US Highway 70 East is <br /> sufficient for ingress/egress and the provision of County services including emergency <br /> vehicle access. <br /> Utilities —Water and Sewer: The applicant is proposing to serve the project with individual wells <br /> and septic systems developed on each lot. The Preliminary Plat Sheet C-3 denotes suitable soil <br /> locations for septic sites and individual wells for the 20 proposed single-family lots. <br /> STAFF COMMENT.- Orange County Environmental Health has indicated that it does <br /> not foresee problems with the proposed layout with respect to finding suitable soils to <br /> support development of septic tanks and individual well sites. For more information <br /> please refer to Attachment 3. <br /> Individual well and septic permits will be required for each lot as it is developed. <br /> Note: Neither the UDO nor Environmental Health has subdivision standards for the <br /> maximum number of wells in an area. This is due in part to Orange County's <br /> fractured geology and subsurface hydric composition. <br /> Stormwater Drainage: Drainage will be engineered according to applicable County regulations, <br /> as embodied within the UDO, governing the development of Stormwater Control Measures <br /> (SCMs) at the time of permit application/commencement of land disturbing activities. <br /> Stormwater review is required within the Lower Eno Protected Watershed Protection Overlay <br /> district when land disturbance activities exceed 21,780 square feet (one half acre). <br /> Sheet C-4 of the submittal indicates approximately 8.02 acres of initial land disturbance is <br /> proposed for the project. Staff has already determined this project will disturb sufficient land <br /> area to require stormwater review and permitting. Review and permitting of SCMs shall be <br /> administered by the County's Engineering and Erosion Control division. <br /> As indicated on the submitted Preliminary Plat, drainage will be handled through a system of <br /> ditches located within proposed road rights-of-way and Common Open Space. The type of SCM <br /> required shall be determined at the stormwater permitting stage of the project after the <br /> Preliminary Plat has been approved. <br />