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e~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 21, 2001 <br />Action Agen4da <br />Item No. ~..~ <br />_ SUBJECT: Gold Mine Property -- Preliminary Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) C <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1) Resolution of Approval Eddie Kirk, Planner II <br />2) Application Extension 2582 <br />3) Vicinity Map TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />4) Agency Comments Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />5) Preliminary Plan Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />6) 7-11-01 Draft Planning Board Minutes Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane (336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for Gold Mine Property. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Request -Preliminary Plan <br />Applicant: Dr. Eric Schopler <br />Location <br />In Bingham Township on the west side of Gold Mine Road, an existing state maintained gravel <br />road. <br />Subdivision follows the Conservation-Cluster Option of Flexible Development. <br />• Minimum lot size is 40,000 square feet. <br />• Total acreage is 41.90 acres. <br /> Lots Average Lot Size % Open Space Acres Open <br />S ace <br /> <br />Flexible ~9 3.08 33.7 14.12 <br />Existin and Pro osed Conditions <br />Existing: <br />• Zoned Agricultural Residential (AR) (min. density = 40,000 sq. ft./ dwelling) <br />• The property is not in a designated protected watershed. <br />Physical Features: <br />• There is one designated USGS intermittent stream on the west side of the tract. <br />• The site is wooded with a mixture of pines and hardwoods. <br />Adjacent Land Use: <br />• Properties to the west have been subdivided previously. <br />• Properties to the north, south and west are undeveloped. <br />Proposed: <br />Roads: <br />• The Planning Board approved the Concept Plan with two private roads on December 6, <br />2000. <br />