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i 2 <br />Approval, if the board so decides. The enhanced landscaping and berming suggested by <br />the applicant, in my opinion, will sufficiently ameliorate the impact of the development. <br />PURPOSE: Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for Sunrise Springs Subdivision. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Request.- Preliminary Plan <br />Applicant: Dr. Wally Diehl <br />• Nine (9) residential lots proposed on an 22.606 acre tract <br />• Average lot size is 2.407 acres <br />• Minimum to Actual Lot Size Ratio (MTAR) is 1.2. Minimum lot size is 2.0 acres. 0% common <br />area open space provided. <br />Location <br />Along the west side of Sunrise Road (SR 1732) adjacent to and north of 1-40 in Chapel Hill Township. <br />Existing and Proposed. Conditions <br />Existing: <br />• Current zoning is Rural Buffer. (Flexible Development is not applicable in the Rural Buffer) <br />• Property is not located within a protected watershed <br />Physical Features: . <br />• Two existing drainageways within the property boundaries <br />• Entirely wooded with mixed hardwoods <br />Adjacent Land Use: <br />• Property to the north is wooded and undeveloped <br />• Property to the west and east has been developed in single family residential lots <br />Proposed: <br />Roads: <br />• Access is from Sunrise Road (SR 1732) <br />• The entire subdivision will access the new public road, to be constructed to NCDOT standards <br />Buffers: <br />• A 30-foot type A landscape buffer is proposed along Sunrise Road. A Type A buffer <br />description is 'a buffer composed of deciduous and/or evergreen vegetation, forming semi- <br />opaque intermittent visual obstructions from the ground to a height of at least thirty (30) feet'. <br />• A 100-foot Type F landscape buffer is proposed along the Interstate. A Type-F buffer <br />description is 'a buffer composed of predominantly (at least 75%) evergreen vegetation that is <br />opaque to a height of at least thirty (30) feet'. <br />Water-Sewer: <br />• Private wells and septic tanks '(Subdivision Regulations requires an additional 20,000 sq. ft. <br />above the minimum lot size if an off site septic system is located on the lot) <br />Recreation: <br />• Chapel Hill District Park <br />• Dedication of land would be = .14 acres <br />• Payment in Lieu = $4,095.00 (9 lots X $455) <br />• No. dedication is warranted because no county recreation area or conservation area has been <br />identified at this time.