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Approved 7/5/19 Preliminary Plat application, discuss the proposal as desired and then recommend approval of the plat. The way this 220 process would work is you would make a recommendation either way. You would consider the case or continue the 221 case. Ultimately, it would have to go to the Board of Commissioners for a final determination, and they would make a 222 vote on the major subdivision. After that, there many other steps, certifications, permits that have to be obtained; well 223 permits, septic permits, road construction, coordinating with DOT, and the right of way has to be dedicated and 224 accepted by DOT. There would be a storm water permit, a land disturbance permit. It would be reviewed and 225 approved in terms of erosion control and water quantity, and water quality. As part the project, all of those things 226 would basically have to occur prior to the reggeridation of the lots. 227 228 Adam Beeman: Can you just give me a reference as to where the existing driveway is; to where Birdie Lane is? Are 229 they on top of each other?230 231 Patrick Mallett: They actually moved. The existing driveway, there’s an area where they are proposing to plug in that 232 existing hole with some evergreen trees and shrubs. This public road is further north and west. The reason being is 233 both the applicant and NC DOT wanted to avoid this box culvert. 234 235 Adam Beeman: Is that just short of that grade change that you were showing in the pictures?236 237 Patrick Mallett: That’s roughly in that general area, but I think they’ve spent a significant amount of time trying to 238 properly locate where that road should go in terms of site distance, with minimal disturbance to the existing right of 239 way and meeting with NC DOT standards for the roads. I think that also involved discussions and meetings with 240 Chuck Edwards the NC DOT engineer.241 242 Tim Smith: Looking at the site again, you can see it highlighted here. It is adjacent to across the street off Highway 243 70 from the golf course and it’s in between Palmer’s Grove Church Road and Lawrence Road on the north side of 244 Highway 70. Highlighted in red on the exhibit you will see the surrounding area and what’s there now. There’s 245 several very similar developments in the area. One acre, plus or minus, lots that are on well and septic up along 246 Palmar Grove Church Road. There’s several little pockets of subdivisions that have one acre lots with well and 247 septic. Off of Lawrence Road there is also a woodland trailer park that has 23 trailer sites on that property, and that’s 248 served by well and septic although they do have a community well for that site. Back in February of this year, we had 249 neighborhood information meeting for the public to come. This shows the limits of the notification of a thousand feet 250 around the property. Those property owners were notified of the development and were sent letters to the 251 neighborhood meeting. We met and discussed and heard their concerns and so forth, and their comments. We’ve 252 taken all those into consideration as we’ve continued to adjust and work with the layout and the proposal for the 253 subdivision. As Pat mentioned, the existing conditions of the site and showed you some pictures along the frontage 254 the property. Patrick also went over most of the site data for the property, the zoning, the density, all those numbers 255 are the same here. We are proposing about 2,300 linear feet of roads for the two cul-de-sac roads including the 256 entrance coming up off Highway 70, and we are at 17 percent impervious proposed right now. That’s for the road 257 construction and the proposed houses an estimate of what would be on each lot. Out on Highway 70 as we 258 mentioned, there is a 75-foot type E buffer required out there. It is rural, but we’re proposing to add additional 259 plantings along highway 70 to increase the opprosity of that buffer to give more screening for that area that will 260 include the area where the existing driveway is now. As Pat mentioned, we are proposed well sites on each lot. We 261 have laid out a potential well site for each lot that meets the setback requirements for the property lines per the code 262 with Orange County environmental health. Again, the shaded areas with the hatching lines is where we’re identified 263 some suitable Soils for the property. 264 265 Hunter Spitzer: Are wells permitted within the Type E buffer? 266 267 Tim Smith: They are not permitted within the Type E buffer. We are showing some that are right on the line, but 268 they’re not propose to be in the type E buffer. 269 270 Tim Smith: Back on Highway 70, per our conversation back and forth with NCDOT regarding what they want to 271 require for this entrance off Highway 70, we are showing a symmetrical widening of Highway 70 as you’re headed 272 east. There would be a left turn lane to get into the subdivision. As your headed west, there will be what we call a 273 deceleration lane or a right-turn lane to get traffic off of the through lane and able to turn into the entrance. NC DOT 274