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69 <br /> Proposed Access and Transportation Network Improvements <br /> The Project is proposing access via the existing access easement to Millhouse Road. Based on the <br /> application and total number of trips to be generated, a TIA was not required per Section 6.18.2 of the <br /> UDO. <br /> A Grant of Easement and Assignment of Lease for the existing access easement within the property was <br /> recorded in 2008 between the property owner at that time and Crown Castle. Attachment 5 includes a <br /> letter detailing the applicant's legal right to the access easement, which cannot be confirmed by staff at this <br /> time. Crown Castle has not provided comment on this application despite requests from both the applicant <br /> and County Planning staff. However, the county conducted deed and title research on this property in <br /> 2008, when it was a potential purchaser of the property. The county determined that Crown Castle retains <br /> a perpetual easement on the property for access to their tower that grants them explicit rights to construct <br /> and maintain their tower and first rights of refusal if all or a portion of the easement area is sold. <br /> The existing offsite access easement is located on property owned by Orange County. Due to the <br /> aforementioned access concerns, and in response to the proposed use of the existing easement as a <br /> commercial driveway to serve the applicant's use, the County, specifically the Department of Environment, <br /> Agriculture, Parks & Recreation (DEAPR), requested a condition of future access road construction <br /> through its property from the applicant. The negotiations yielded Conditions 5 and 6 associated with this <br /> zoning application. These conditions, effectively, allow for the continued use of the existing access drive, <br /> which must be improved to County standards, until Orange County develops its property for recreation <br /> purposes. When the county develops this property and constructs a new, norther access road, The Treeist <br /> shall have ten (10) days to begin using this new access, and with the consent of the on-site easement <br /> user, Crown Castle, who has first right of refusal for the shared use of the access easement on the subject <br /> property. <br /> Summary of Transportation Information <br /> Existing Roadway Characteristics <br /> Affected Roadway Millhouse Road <br /> Type of Roadway Local — 2 lane undivided <br /> Current Roadway Capacity 10,000 <br /> Latest Traffic Volume Estimated 2,500 <br /> Traffic Generation <br /> Number of Trips Expected to be Generated by 308 Total Daily <br /> Proposed Project 107 Total AM Peak <br /> 107 Total PM Peak <br /> Proposed Utilities <br /> Water and wastewater services will be provided via a private well and septic system that meet Orange <br /> County Environmental Health standards. <br /> 6 <br />