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90 <br /> PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br /> Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br /> Engineering / Erosion <br /> Control / Stormwater � 131 W. Margaret Lane <br /> Suite 201 <br /> (919) 245-2575 ORANGE COUNTY P. O. Box 8181 <br /> (919) 644-3002 (FAX) NORTH CAROLINA Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> www.orangecountync.gov <br /> At <br /> October 14, 2020 <br /> Kelsey Westwood Hall, P.E. <br /> 300 Morris Street, Suite 200 <br /> Durham, NC 27701 <br /> RE: REVIEW of Conditional Zoning Atlas Amendment — Master Plan Development (MPD) <br /> for Beaver Crossing <br /> INITIAL REVIEW COMMENTS — ENGINEERING DIVISION <br /> Dear Ms. Hall: <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 />