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197 <br /> Approved 10.1.25 <br /> 1590 Beth Trahos: So,the AR zoning district anticipates 40,000 square foot lots, so roughly an acre lot. From a <br /> 1591 density perspective,this is less dense total number of units,total acreage,than could be built if it <br /> 1592 were traditionally platted. If it were traditionally platted, you would have to get way back into the <br /> 1593 subdivision and bring roads and it would impact the environmental features which we're trying to <br /> 1594 avoid doing. Smaller lots but larger open space. <br /> 1595 <br /> 1596 Cy Stober: Mr. Chair, I need to offer a correction. When I spoke to,to Mr.Yendapalli, I said that that was a <br /> 1597 subdivision in the Town of Hillsborough's jurisdiction. It is a patchwork of annexation that is the <br /> 1598 Highland Woods neighborhood, so some of those lots are annexed into the town,and some <br /> 1599 remain outside the town limits. <br /> 1600 <br /> 1601 Lamar Proctor: Thank you for that clarification. <br /> 1602 <br /> 1603 Delores Bailey: So just for my benefit, there are a few comments that we got from the community, and would you <br /> 1604 just speak to the validity of this comment. We would be heartbroken to have sewage from <br /> 1605 proposed 50-plus septic fields to each home for runoff from the building process leak into this <br /> 1606 creek causing contamination. Can you just speak to that, is that not true? Is that something this <br /> 1607 community needs to worry about? <br /> 1608 <br /> 1609 David Barcal: I mean, if you had sewage leaking directly into the creek,you'd be getting served an NOV from the <br /> 1610 County Health Department. So that would indicate a failed septic system. What we've done up <br /> 1611 until now,we've done a preliminary soils analysis,we've identified suitable soil. <br /> 1612 <br /> 1613 Delores Bailey: I know. Remember,we had this conversation last month. <br /> 1614 <br /> 1615 David Barcal: Yep, I know. <br /> 1616 <br /> 1617 Delores Bailey: That should not happen. <br /> 1618 <br /> 1619 Ward Marotti: The second part of that question was with regard to runoff during construction and similar to the <br /> 1620 permitting, or the septic system compliance while this project is under construction, it's subject to <br /> 1621 the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permitting process, and weekly inspections <br /> 1622 and fixing problem areas. And so it is subject to an NPDES permit and if it is determined to be in <br /> 1623 violation of the permit,that retroactive fixes will be required pursuant to that permit. <br /> 1624 <br /> 1625 Beth Bronson: To be clear, does every lot have a septic plan and a repair area? <br /> 1626 <br /> 1627 David Barcal: We haven't looked at each individual plan for each lot, but from the PowerPoint,you can see the <br /> 1628 general area of the suitable soil in most of the lots. <br /> 1629 <br /> 1630 Beth Bronson: I saw the examples,yeah. Lot 1 and Lot 49. <br /> 1631 <br /> 1632 David Barcal: But we have not gotten through to each individual lot. At this point, that'd kind of be, because you <br /> 1633 don't even have the detailed soils analysis, you're not going to actually flag it. It'd kind of be a <br /> 1634 judgment based on how much resources and money that they want to put into something that's <br /> 1635 pretty much theoretical at this point. <br /> 1636 <br /> 1637 Beth Bronson: Theoretically, yeah, if you get approval for the rezoning for 49 lots, you could still only have 20. <br /> 1638 <br /> 1639 David Barcal: You would have to go out there, do individual soil borings on each lot, lay out the lines,flag the <br /> 1640 lines and design the system, submit the application to Orange County Health Department and <br /> 1641 then it'd have to go through their approval. <br /> 1642 <br /> 1643 Beth Bronson: So,the conversation about having a community septic was not had? <br /> 1644 <br />