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36 <br />1 • Average lot size =15,647 square feet <br />2 • Proposed open space = 24.03 acres (47% of site) <br />3 ' <br />4 Location <br />5 • Cheeks Township <br />6 • North side of US Hwy 70,West between Efland-Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004) and Richmond Road (SR <br />7 13'12) <br />8 '1 . <br />9 Existing Site Conditions <br />10 Zoning: <br />11 • Rural Residential (R-1); Upper Eno-Protected Watershed <br />12 • Adjacent Land Uses: Single-family residential, church, firehouse, undeveloped lots <br />13 Physical Description: <br />14 • Gently sloped land with a few scattered rock outcrops near high paints on the site <br />1S • Approximately two-thirds (2/3) of the site is covered with 12-ta 18-inch hardwoods <br />16 • McGowan Creek flows diagonally across~the northern end of the tract <br />17 • There is floodplain associated with this section of McGowan Creek <br />18 + A USGS blue-line stream meanders through'the southern portion of the tract <br />19 • An intermittent stream in the southeast portion of the site drains into the USGS blue-line stream <br />20 Proposed Site Conditions <br />21 Roads: <br />22 + The subdivision will be accessed from US Hwy: 70 West <br />23 • All seven roads (Ashwick Drive, Glenwick Drive, Norwich Court, Farns Wick Place, Chadwick Lane, <br />24 Benwich bane, and Straywick Court) will be public and constructed to NCDOT standards <br />25 Residential Lots: <br />26 • Fifty-eight (58) single=family residential lots per the conservation-cluster flexible development option <br />27 • Average lot size = 15,647 square Feet; Gross average lot size = 38,243 square feet <br />28 • Minimum lot size per R-1 Zoning District = 40,004 square feet (0.92 acre) <br />29 • Minimum lot size for cluster option (a lot size reduction of up to 6S%) = 14,000 square feet <br />30 r Minimum to actual lot size ratio (MTAR) =1.12 <br />31 • .Maximum number of lots permitted by R-1 zoning = SS + 7 (density bonus**) = 62 <br />32 + One additional lot is allowed per each additional acre of protected open space (Or~ge County <br />33 Subdivision Regulations, Section IV-B-10, G, Flexible Development Standards <br />34 • Impervious Surface limit far Upper Eno PW = 12% <br />35 . Open Space: <br />36 • Proposed open space = 24.03 acres (47% of site) ~ - <br />37 + Most of the open space serves as a buffer for McGowan Creek <br />38 • Minimum open space required for Flexible Development = 16.81 acres (33% of site) <br />39 : Bonus open space = 7.23 acres** <br />40 Buffers: <br />41 • 100-foot open space or buffer area along the site perimeter and between the subdivision and any off-site <br />42 public street right-of-way (per Section IV-B-10, D2, Flexible Development Standards) <br />43 • 7S-foot Type-E Land Use Buffer is required along US Hwy 70 West <br />44 • Type-E Bu#~er = a buffer composed of predominately (at least 7S%) evergreen vegetation that is opaque <br />4S to a height of at least thirty feet <br />46 • 100-foot building buffer satisfies the Type-E Land Use Buffer (width) requirement ' <br />47 Typical lot landscape plan. specifies primary and secondary tree protection areas <br />48 Recreation & Parks: <br />49 Public Recreation Space <br />SO • Cheeks Township District Park (per the Recreation Service Area Boundaries Map) <br />