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33 Average lot size = 15,647 square feet Proposed open space = 24.03 acres (47% of site) Location • Cheeks Township • North side of US Hwy 70 West between Efland-Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004) and Richmond Road (SR 1312) 9 Existing Site Conditions 10 Zoning: t 1 Rural Residential (R-1); Upper Eno-Protected Watershed 12 • Adjacent Land Uses: Single-family residential, church, firehouse, undeveloped lots 13 Physical Description: 14 Gently sloped land with a few scattered rock outcrops near high paints on the site 15 Approximately two-thirds (2/3) of the site is covered with 12-to 18-inch hardwoods 16 McGowan Creek flows diagonally across the northern end of the tract 17 • There is floodplain associated with this section of McGowan Creek 18 • A USGS blue-line stream meanders through the southern portion of the tract 19 • An intermittent stream in the southeast portion of the site drains into the USGS blue-line stream 20 Proposed Site Conditions 21 Roads: 22 • The subdivision will be accessed from US Hwy. 70 West 23 • All seven roads (Ashwick Drive, Glenwick Drive, Norwich Court, Farns Wick Place, Chadwick Lane, 24 Benwich Lane, and Straywick Court) will be public and constructed to NCDOT standards 25 Residential Lots: 26 • Fifty-eight (58) single-family residential lots per the conservation-cluster flexible development option 27 • Average lot size = 15,647 square feet; Gross average lot size = 38,243 square feet 28 • Minimum lot size per R-1 Zoning District = 40,000 square feet (0.92 acre) 29 • Minimum lot size for cluster option (a lot size reduction of up to 65%) = 14,000 square feet 30 • Minimum to actual lot size ratio (MTAR) = 1.12 31 • Maximum number of lots permitted by R-I zoning = 55 + 7 (density bonus**) = 62 32 • One additional lot is allowed per each additional acre of protected open space (Orange County 33 Subdivision Regulations, Section IV-B-10, G, Flexible Development Standards 34 • Impervious Surface limit for Upper Eno PW = 12% 35 Open Space: - 36 Proposed open space = 24.03 acres (47% of site) 37 Most of the open space serves as a buffer for McGowan Creek 38 • Minimum open space required for Flexible Development = 16.81 acres (33% of site) 39 • Bonus open space = 7.23 acres** 40 Buffers: 41 • 100-foot open space or buffer area along the site perimeter and between the subdivision and any off-site 42 public street right-of--way (per Section IV-B-10, D2, Flexible Development Standards) 43 • 75-foot Type-E Land Use Buffer is required along US Hwy 70 West 44 • Type-E Buffer = a buffer composed of predominately (at least 75%) evergreen vegetation that is opaque 45 to a height of at least thirty feet 46 • 100-foot building buffer satisfies the Type-E Land Use Buffer (width) requirement 47 • Typical lot landscape plan specifies primary and secondary tree protection areas 48 Recreation & Parks: . 49 Public Recreation Space 50 • Cheeks Township District Park (per the Recreation Service Area Boundaries Map)