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PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />Engineering / Erosion <br />Control / Stormwater <br />(919) 245-2575 <br />(919) 644-3002 (FAX) <br />www.orangecountync.gov <br />131 W. Margaret Lane <br />Suite 201 <br />P. O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> <br /> <br />October 14, 2020 <br /> <br />Kelsey Westwood Hall, P.E. <br />300 Morris Street, Suite 200 <br />Durham, NC 27701 <br /> <br />RE: REVIEW of Conditional Zoning Atlas Amendment – Master Plan Development (MPD) <br />for Beaver Crossing <br />INITIAL REVIEW COMMENTS – ENGINEERING DIVISION <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Hall: <br /> <br />On or about August 7, 2020 the Orange County Planning Department received a Conditional <br />Zoning Atlas Amendment application for a parcel of property located north of Interstate 85/40 <br />within the Cheeks Township. <br />Specifically, staff received an application to rezone an approximately 104 acres of property, <br />further identified utilizing Orange County Parcel Identification Numbers (PIN) 9854-16-1576 <br />and 9854-36-3711 (hereafter 'the Property'): <br />FROM: Office/Research and Manufacturing (O/RM); Upper Eno Protected <br />Watershed Protection Overlay District; Major Transportation Corridor <br />(MTG) Overlay District; Efland Interstate Overlay District. <br />TO: Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning (MPD-CZ) district; Upper <br />Eno Protected Watershed Protection Overlay District; Major <br />Transportation Corridor (MTG) Overlay District; Efland Interstate Overlay <br />District. <br />According to the submittal, the purpose of the development is to: '... create a mixed-use <br />unified development providing a variety of retail, service, hotel, dining, light industrial/office <br />flex space uses consistent with the Orange County 2030 Comprehensive Plan ...'. As <br />proposed, development will occur on approximately 104 acres of land and will involve <br />approximately 500,000 square feet of building area supporting previous identified land use <br />categories (hereafter 'the Project'). <br />The Orange County Current Planning Department issued initial review comments for the <br />Project on August 31, 2020. What follows are supplementary preliminary observations and <br />comments by the Orange County Engineering Division, specific to water, sewer, stormwater <br />management, and erosion & sedimentation control (E&SC): <br /> <br />126