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189 <br /> 153 stormwater plan would have to be worked out and agreed to at the time of the final plat. The <br /> 154 county is not going to give us the approval until we have that in place. <br /> 155 <br /> 156 Beth Bronson- Do you plan to disturb any of the open land other than where the homesites will <br /> 157 go? <br /> 158 <br /> 159 Dan Jewell- Other than to build the stormwater facilities, and the modest amount of disturbance <br /> 160 that would be needed to add outbuildings to support the small agricultural component. <br /> 161 Obviously with the agriculture, which would involve tillage but other than that, no. <br /> 162 <br /> 163 Beth Bronson- The Architectural Review Board would be responsible for the design of the <br /> 164 homebuilder? <br /> 165 <br /> 166 Keith Brown- There would be stipulations and regulations and design detail specifying what we <br /> 167 would expect the homeowners to build. This would be managed through the ARB. <br /> 168 <br /> 169 Beth Bronson- So the ARB is the opportunity for you to say, "This is what we would like to <br /> 170 establish." <br /> 171 <br /> 172 Keith Brown-We would establish what we want as a farm architecture and the details as well as <br /> 173 the position on the property, how it's working with the topography. <br /> 174 <br /> 175 Statler Gilfillen- When you use the word architect, are you implying that all the designs will be <br /> 176 done by licensed architects for submittal? <br /> 177 <br /> 178 Keith Brown-Answered yes off microphone. <br /> 179 <br /> 180 ******************************************* <br /> 181 <br /> 182 Public Comment <br /> 183 <br /> 184 Susan Wells- I'm a resident of Bingham Township, I attended the neighborhood meeting. 1 <br /> 185 thought it was a good meeting, I have a couple of comments and points that I want to make. We <br /> 186 live in a cohesive, rural community. Bingham Township is a great community to live in. I think <br /> 187 this would be a good addition to the community. I bought a parcel of land in a community similar <br /> 188 to this many years ago and experienced one of the worst things you could experience in a <br /> 189 development. The developer didn't have good written restrictions. He promised trails, the trails <br /> 190 disappeared, all the access to the trails disappeared. It was not written well in the documents. <br /> 191 He promised land in the conservation easement that several lots would back up to, that got <br /> 192 traded to someone else and now there are motocross bike paths. That was not clarified in any <br /> 193 of the documents. The front of the property became an agribusiness, and they allowed <br /> 194 weddings and concerts which brought a lot of traffic and music. My concern is the 70 acres of <br /> 195 common area. If there aren't good restrictions on that, the surrounding community may suffer. <br /> 196 The developer will have control of the land until it is turned over to the homeowners. The <br /> 197 developer talks about farming on that land, and he could go to the state and get a farming <br /> 198 exemption. This would make him exempt from all kinds of regulations. He could build buildings <br /> 199 without county building codes, he can do wedding venues, he can do music venues. What 1 <br /> 200 would like to recommend is to put a conservation easement on the land and then have someone <br /> 201 else manage it like Triangle Land Conservancy. You could guide them to create the restrictions. <br /> 202 Orange County doesn't have a good track record.... <br /> 203 <br />