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2 • Approximately two-thirds (2/3) of the site is covered with 12-to 18-inch hardwoods • McGowan Creek flows diagonally across the northern end of the tract • There is floodplain associated with this section of McGowan Creek • A USGS blue-line stream meanders through the southern portion of the tract • An intermittent stream in the southeast portion of the site drains into the USGS blue-line stream Proposed Site Conditions Roads: • The subdivision will be accessed from US Hwy. 70 West • All seven roads (Ashwick Drive, Glenwick Drive, Norwich Court, Farris Wick Place, Chadwick Lane, Benwich Lane, and Straywick Court) will be public and constructed to NCDOT standards • Residential Lots: • Fifty-eight (58) single-family residential lots per the conservation-cluster flexible development option • Average lot size = 15,647 square feet; Gross average lot size = 38,243 square feet • Minimum lot size per R-1 Zoning District = 40,000 square feet (0.92 acre) • Minimum lot size for cluster option (a lot size reduction of up to 65%) = 14,000 square feet • Minimum to actual lot size ratio (MTAR) = 1.12 • Maximum number of lots permitted by R-1 zoning = 55 + 7 (density bonus**) = 62 _ • One additional lot is allowed per each additional acre of protected open space (Orange County Subdivision Regulations, Section IV-B-10, G, ,Flexible Development Standards) • Impervious Surface limit for Upper Eno PW = 12% Open Space: • Proposed open space = 24.03 acres (47% of site) • Most of the open space serves as a buffer for McGowan Creek • Minimum open space required for Flexible Development = 16.81 acres (33% of site) • Bonus open space = 7.23 acres** Buffers: • 100-foot open space or building buffer area along the site perimeter and between the subdivision and any off-site public street right-of--way (per Section IV-B-10, D2, Flexible Development Standards) • 75-foot Type-E Land Use Buffer is required along US Hwy 70 West • Type-E Buffer = a buffer composed of predominately (at least 75%) evergreen vegetation that is opaque to a height of at least thirty feet • 100-foot building buffer satisfies the Type-E Land Use Buffer (width) requirement • Typical lot landscape plan specifies primary and secondary tree protection areas Recreation ~ Parks: Public Recreatiion Space • Cheeks Township District Park (per the Recreation Service Area Boundaries Map) • All subdivisions (located within a floodplain) must provide a minimum of 1/20 acre of recreation space per lot (Section IV-B-7-b) • A minimum of 2.9 acres (126,324 square feet) of land is required for public recreation space • Or a payment in-lieu-of parkland dedication = $26,390 ($455 * 58 lots)