Minutes 10-20-2020 Virtual Business Meeting

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15 said it is also necessitated by the fact that the Applicant has withdrawn access off of Davis Road making internal access more important. Chair Rich said Michael Harvey could continue to review the abstract. Michael Harvey did so, and then reviewed portions of the Statement of Consistency showing that the proposal is in line with the land use plans established for this area between the County and the Town of Hillsborough. Commissioner Greene referred to the 30% green space, and asked if this includes the storm water impoundment area. Michael Harvey said yes. Commissioner Greene asked if the storm-water impoundment area would be visually attractive. Michael Harvey said yes. Frank Csapo said the storm water impoundment areas would be visual add-ons to wildlife buffers and/or close to the existing floodplain area. Commissioner Greene said it would be helpful to see this on a map. Commissioner Dorosin asked if Michael Harvey could go through the items that were revised. He said Davis Road access was a point of contention, but this road will now only be used for emergency vehicles. Michael Harvey said that is correct, and no commercial traffic will exit on this road. Commissioner Dorosin said another issue was the building heights, and this has been addressed in the review of the abstract. Commissioner Dorosin said the 100-foot setback was discussed previously, and after looking at the map (agenda item 6-a; 1), it appears the buffers are 100 feet almost everywhere, with two exceptions: the area that runs east to west, and another was north to south in the northwest edge of the property. He said these areas are marked with red hatching, and the buffers will go to 50 feet in these two areas to accommodate parking or access roads. He asked if the access roads are new roads that were being proposed. Michael Harvey said those roads are shown. He said the Applicant requested a relaxation of the 100-foot buffer where it made sense, especially in the southern portion. He said a 100-foot buffer in this area would cause issues with the floodplain, and thus the reduction of the buffer will allow the road placement to have less of an impact on the floodplain. He said the situation is the same in the northwest part of the property, and the Applicant requested a buffer reduction here to allow for access to be granted in area that would be less visual and intrusive to surrounding properties. Commissioner Dorosin said it would be helpful to see the map showing where these roads will be. Commissioner Dorosin said he has received several calls on this item. He said the Board went through many of the issues with Settlers Point. He said that project was approved but was never built. He asked if this project gets approved, but does not get built, is there any significance in the changes being made to these parcels. Michael Harvey said the general public should remember the Applicant could develop the parcels of property under the existing Settlers Point proposal. He said this Applicant has chosen to modify the existing conditions, which would also include the extra 12-acre parcel on Davis Road. He said if the BOCC approves the project, it revises the conditions, and would allow additional floor area than Settlers Point; a different parking standard; would only allow for a 40 foot building on the Davis Road property; would require the same perimeter buffers, with the exception of the two previously mentioned areas; would not permit a driveway access on Davis Road; and would preserve the same amount of open space. He said the land uses are slightly different, but the same protections at Settlers Point will be incorporated here. He said if the BOCC approves this item, the conditions will govern development of this property in perpetuity, unless the land were rezoned or one seeks to amend these conditions.