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2 <br />l AGENDA ITEM #8: SUBDIVISIONS <br />2 a. Preliminary Plans <br />3 (1) High Rock Village <br />4 (Cedar Grave Township - 41 Lots) <br />5 <br />6 Davis made the presentation. <br />7 PURPOSE: Consideration of the Conservation -Cluster Flexible Development for High <br />8 Rock Village Subdivision. <br />9 BACKGROUND: <br />10 Request <br />11 Applicant: Jim Parker, agent far H. M. Roll, Inc d.b.a. Carolina Construction, Inc. <br />12 • 71.30 acres (Tax Office records indicate 73.02 acres) <br />13 + Forty-five (45) single-family residential lots <br />]4 • Average Lot Size (Grass) = 1.584 acres <br />15 Location <br />16 • Cedaz Grove Township <br />17 • Northeast corner of High Rock Road (SR 1340) and Mill Creek Road (SR 1343) <br />18 Existin Site Conditions <br />19 Zoning <br />20. Rural Residential (R1) district _ <br />21 • Back Creek Protected Watershed Overlay District <br />22 • Adjacent Land Uses: Mix of undeveloped land, single family residential and agricultural uses <br />23 <br />24 Physical Description - <br />25 + Majority of property is gently sloped open space - <br />26 • Densely wooded along portion of Mill Creek Rd. extending eastward into portion of property <br />27 • Some low lying areas subject to ponding <br />28 Portions of tract identified as wetlands by Corps of Engineers <br />29 <br />30 Pro osed Site Conditions <br />31 Roads: <br />32 Access to subdivision is from High Rock Road (SR 1340) and Mill Creek Road (SR 1343) <br />33 • Three public roads all of which are proposed to be constructed to NCDOT standards <br />34 Open Space: <br />35 23.53 acres (33%) in open space <br />36 Water-Sewer: <br />37 • Lots will have individual wells and septic systems <br />38 • Health Department verified that each lot contains provisionally suitable soils to locate a septic <br />39 system <br />40 Parks and Recreation <br />41 • Payment-in-lieu of parkland dedication ($455 per recorded lot) will total $18,655 for 41 lots <br />42 • No dedication is warranted because no County recreation area or conservation area has been <br />43 identified at this time <br />44 Agency Comments <br />45 • Requests for agency review were sent to: NCDOT, Erosion Control, Recreation and Parks, <br />46 Orange County Schools, Soil Conservation, County Engineer, ERCD, and County Attorney <br />47 Develo meat Process Schedule and Action <br />48 Planning Board <br />49 • First Action: Concept Plan approved by the Planning Board (by unanimous vote) July 12, 2000, with <br />50 the following conditions: <br />