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7~ ~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 20, 2001 <br />Action Agen <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT:_ High Rock Farms Phase One -Preliminary Plan ___ _ __ _ <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) ON <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Resolution of Approval <br />2) Application <br />3) Vicinity Map <br />4) Agency Comments <br />5) Fiscal Impact Analysis <br />6) Preliminary Plan <br />7) 12-6-00 Draft Planning Board Minutes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Eddie Kirk <br />Extension 2582 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732181 <br />Chapel Hill 968.4501 <br />Durham fi88-7331. <br />Mebane (336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for High Rock Farms Phase One Subdivision. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Request -Preliminary, Plan <br />Applicant: Roger James Construction <br />• Seventeen (17) residential lots proposed on a 36.07 acre tract . <br />• Minimum lot size is 40,000 sq. ft. <br />• Average lot size - 41,120 sq. ft. (95,083 sq. ft. gross lot size) <br />• Minimum to actual lot ratio (MTAR) is 1.02. <br />Location <br />South side of High Rock Road in Cheeks Township between Ira Road and Mill Creek Road. <br />Existing and Proposed Conditions <br />Existing: <br />• Current zoning is Rural Residential (R1) (min. lot size = 40,000 sq. ft.) <br />• Located in Back Creek Protected Watershed. (Maximum Impervious Surface = 12%) <br />Physical Features: <br />• There is one designated stream on the property. <br />• The site is entirely wooded with mixed hardwoods and pines. <br />Adjacent Land Use: <br />• Properties to the west, east and south are medium to large acreage single family residential <br />lots. <br />• Aberdeen Downs and Wagon Farm Trails are one acre lot subdivisions to the north across <br />High Rock Road. <br />