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<br /> 1 location and character of this use, if developed according to the plan submitted, will be in harmony with the area in
<br /> 2 which it is to be located and the use is in compliance with the plan for the physical development of the county as
<br /> 3 embodied in the regulations of the Comprehensive Plan. This property is located at the 20-year transition zone on the
<br /> 4 Orange County future land use map, which means that the property is in the area intended to change from rural to
<br /> 5 urban over the next 20 years. The property to the west of the site are in the 10-year transition zone, while properties to
<br /> 6 the east of the site are in the rural residential zone. This provides delicate transition as an outdoor recreational facility
<br /> 7 as a perfect fit here between urban and rural spaces. The recreational facility maintains the openness of the rural
<br /> 8 space without the work force and fields with being slightly more developed than typical rural property. This recreational
<br /> 9 facility will provide good transition space between the urbanized parcels to the west of the property and the rural
<br /> 10 properties to the east, as I just mentioned, so the transition will be in harmony with the plan for the development of the
<br /> 11 county. Additionally, the Orange County Comprehensive Plan states that there are projections that a quarter of the
<br /> 12 40,000 to 80,000 people moving to Orange County will likely live outside the municipalities, which means that the
<br /> 13 county will have the responsibility for providing recreational facilities, services and opportunities to be somewhere
<br /> 14 between 10,000 to 20,000 new residents and therefore, it's the goal of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan to
<br /> 15 provide adequate parks, recreational facilities for all its citizens within the county. This plan supports that goal. Moving
<br /> 16 to special use standards, these can be found in UDO Section 5.3.2.B. These are also met by the plan. These cover
<br /> 17 methods of adequacy of sewage disposal, solid waste, and water facilities. The plan for sewage and solid waste
<br /> 18 disposal and provisions of water at the site is adequate for the needs of the recreational facility. As stated earlier,
<br /> 19 septic and well systems will be employed on the site and designed in accordance with the applicable regulations. We
<br /> 20 have done preliminary research on where to location those facilities including septic fields. It also covers methods for
<br /> 21 police, fire, and rescue protection. Police, fire, and rescue squad protection will be adequate with this site. We have
<br /> 22 reviewed with those departments access around all buildings on site will be maintained for emergency vehicles. Police,
<br /> 23 fire, and rescue services shall not have issues accessing those sites. Speaking of vehicles, the vehicular access to the
<br /> 24 site, traffic conditions around the site are maintained through the internal roadways and the sidewalks. I'll let Lyle
<br /> 25 Overcash, our Traffic Engineer, speak more about the connection of the public roads. Overall, for these reasons, the
<br /> 26 plan complies with the general and specific standards for special uses. For special uses for recreational facilities, the
<br /> 27 project also confirms with those laid in UDO Section 5.7.2 by making recreational facilities the principal use of the
<br /> 28 property and ensuring that the lot area exceeds 2 acres, and it includes features, such as training areas, athletic fields,
<br /> 29 parking for patrons and staff, storage and office facilities, and restroom and laundry facilities. It also ensures no
<br /> 30 building shall be closer than 20 feet to any right of way or adjacent property line and that the outdoor facilities will
<br /> 31 comply with the provisions in the Section 6.11 and are located a minimum of 50 feet from a property line. And again,
<br /> 32 revisiting the buffers utilizing the combinations of streams, fences and nets and vegetation to keep equipment on site is
<br /> 33 also maintained and noted on the cover sheet of the site plan. Now, moving on to development design standards.
<br /> 34 These are in UDO Article 6, starting with sedimentation and erosion control. All elements of erosion control protection
<br /> 35 will be designed and provided to the county for their UDO standards in Section 6.15.7B(5) and 6.15.7B(6),which
<br /> 36 include providing sedimentation and erosion control measures that are designed to provide protection from accelerated
<br /> 37 runoff to meet the volumes and runoff intensity of the 10-year solar frequency which are laid out, in Section 6.15.7B(6).
<br /> 38 Staying on storm water runoff, the areas that are reserved for storm water runoff on both sites can be utilized in a
<br /> 39 number of ways to both attenuate and treat storm water for the design storm laid out in the same UDO Article 6. As
<br /> 40 Taylor mentioned, the site is in the Lower Eno protected and unprotected water shed will be subject to those
<br /> 41 regulations. The buffer requirement of UDO Section 6.8.12C, providing 30-foot buffers where the projects abuts
<br /> 42 residential land, particularly on the north, east and southern sides and 40-foot buffers where the project abuts other
<br /> 43 types listed in UDO Section 5.2.2, like the internal roadway. The plan conforms to all parking requirements laid in
<br /> 44 Unified Ordinance Development Section 6.9.7 by providing at least 10 parking spaces per athletic field. Additional
<br /> 45 parking is also provided and was delineated on the cover sheet of the site plan. We have submitted a lighting plan that
<br /> 46 conforms to relative standards of UDO Section 6.11.7A by ensuring that all outdoor areas and parking lot lighting
<br /> 47 fixtures, other than flood lights and flood lamps, used within the facilities, shall utilize cut-off fixtures to prevent light
<br /> 48 pollution. The mounting heights for all outdoor lighting, except outdoor sports fields and outdoor performance areas,
<br /> 49 shall not exceed 36 feet above finished railing. Any light fixtures must be placed in such a manner that no lamp surface
<br /> 50 is visible from any residential area, public or private roadway. Excuse me. Further,the project conforms to the
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