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$( ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING 8~ INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director ~syair °/ e~ Administration ,~~~ + '"P~ 306E Revere Road (919) 245-2575 ~_ ~ P O Box 8181 (919) 644-3002 (FAx) Hillsborough, www.co.orange.nc.us ~°r=b ~.~°~~"' North Carolina, 27278 '~--~~ MEMORANDUM TO: Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Planning Director FROM: Eddie Kirk, Planner II . DATE: February 21, 2001 SUBJECT: A: Private Road B: Stream Buffers C: Landscaping in Sunrise Springs Subdivision Follownp to Board of County Commissioners February 20, 2001 meeting. ISSUE: Private road. The issue was raised in the County Commissioners meeting last night regazding the possibility of a private road in Sunrise Springs Subdivision. The proposed subdivision does not meet the criteria for the justification of a private road as referenced in Section IV-B-3-d-1 of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations. Public roads aze encouraged by county regulations. I have attached a memo from Phil Post dated November 20, 2000 regarding the difference in the grading and clearing of a private and public road. The difference in the amount of cutting and grading that would be done at the entrance where the slight rise is now. I believe this is the azea the neighbors aze concerned with. ISSUE: Stream Buffers. Stream buffers aze required when a stream is designated on the USGS maps as an intermittent or perennial stream. The drainage azea through this property is not a designated intermittent or perennial stream therefore a stream buffer is not required. A tota130- foot, drainage easement is usually applied to drainageways of this nature. The developer has agreed to place a 30-foot conservation easement on each side (60 foot total) of the drainageway which is in excess since no minimum is required. ISSUE: Required Landscaping: The Orange County Subdivision Regulations require a Type A 30-foot buffer on Sunrise Road and a Type F 100-foot buffer on Interstate 40. The Type A buffer requires deciduous and/or evergreen vegetation, forming semi-opaque intermittent visual obstructions. The Type F buffer requires predominantly evergreen vegetation that is opaque. These azeas along with the existing vegetation remaining in the buffers and Leyland Cypress to be planted more than satisfy the requirements for a Type A and Type F buffer.