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3 • The applicant has offered 4.46 acres (194,278 square feet) of land along the northern side of McGowan Creek. The location and amount of the proposed dedication is consistent with the County's objectives to preserve natural areas and provide public recreation space. Private Recreation Space • All subdivisions must provide a minimum of 0.028 square feet of recreation space per every square foot of land area dedicated far residential use (Articles 5.1.1 8~ 6.12 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, outline Land Use Intensity (LUI) requirements) • 0.028 * 46 = 1.29 acres (56,192 square feet), (46.03 =Total area (50.92) -rights-of- way (4.89)) • In those cases where the LUI calculation results in a larger amount than the public recreation space requirement of 1/20 acre per to#, the difference shall be established as private recreation space for the use of the residents of the development • No private recreation space is required (LUI calculation (1.29) is less than the public recreation space requirement (2.9)) Water-Sewer: • All lots to be served with Orange-Alamance water and Orange County sewer • Final number of proposed lots does not exceed the number approved with the concept plan Agency Comments • Requests for agency review were sent to: NCDOT, Recreation and Parks, Orange County Schools, Soil and Water Conservation, Erosion Control, the County Attorney, and the. Fire Marshal. Comments are attached. Development Process~Schedule, and Action • First Action: Planning Board to consider Concept Plan The Planning Board approved the flexible development concept plan for Ashwick on September 6, 2000 with the following conditions: 1. The size and boundary locations for both parent tracts shall be verified with Orange County Land Records and any discrepancies resolved prior to filing for preliminary plat approval: 2. A left turn lane, built to NCDOT standards, shall be required on US 70 to access the subdivision. . 3. All roads shall be public and proposed to be built to NCDOT standards with additional five (5) foot utility easements on each side. The right-of-way at street intersections shall be improved to NCDOT standards. Sight distance triangles (10' x 70') shall be delineated on the plat for each street at intersections, as appropriate. 4. The Benwich Lane right-of--way shall extend to the northwestern, external property line of the subdivision in the proximity of lots 31, 35, and 34. A conveyance of a 50-foot right-of- way with 20-foot construction easements on each side of this northwestern most portion of Benwich Lane is acceptable in-lieu-of construction. 5. Driveway access points shall be a minimum of 50 feet from the intersection of street rights-of--way. 6 All corner lots shall be designed to access from the street with lower traffic volume: i.e. lot 6 to Farnswick Place, lots 7 and 21 to Glenwick Lane, lot 31 to Straywick Court, lot 43 to Benwich Lane, and lots 48 and 58 to Chadwick Lane.