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Issue Public Concerns County Response/Actions <br /> addressed b X zoning to the highest degree possible. <br /> - - *"!k <br /> 3. Physical Erosion Control • As required by the Orange County erosion control ordinance, site <br /> Features I runoff will be controlled at non-erosive velocities. <br /> Adjoining property owners are concerned that site • Orange County Erosion Control staff expect no impacts to adjacent <br /> runoff from the development will impact them. properties because of the large lot sizes, low impervious levels, and <br /> the moderate naturabUstoric site topography. <br /> • The topography is a gradual hilltop`for the majority of the site. A <br /> very small portion of roadway (150' +/-) sends drainage to the <br /> south side of Arthur Minnis Rd. This drainage has been <br /> appropriately designed. <br /> • Stormwater treatment devices will be installed rin constructi <br /> du on. <br /> 4. Roads — Offsite Paving of Arthur Minnis/DOT Paving Arthur Minns Road heading east from Rocky Ridge Rd. for 800 ft. <br /> Local property owners objected to tax money being was placed in the 2001/2002 DOT Secondary Road Improvement <br /> spent to pave Arthur Mmi ms Road up to the Program after money was allocated and right of way was made <br /> proposed development site. They consider this available for the pavement of this section. <br /> paving by DOT to be a tax-supported subsidy of the . A public hearing regarding this paving project was held before the <br /> development. Orange County BOCC in September of 2001. The project was <br /> approved for a 1.6 mile section, but right of way casements were <br /> placed only for a .2 mile section. <br /> After the public hearing this project was placed on the paving . <br /> schedule <br /> • NCDOT prefers to maintain paved roads instead of gravel roads for <br /> a variety of reasons incluka sai and cost. MVIM <br /> 5. Roads — Onsite • All roads within Tuscany Ridge will be built by the Developer to <br /> DOT specifications for public dedication. <br /> • Road stub-outs will also be provided to accommodate future <br /> development on adjoining hundreds of acres of undeveloped <br /> ro <br /> 6. Water Groundwater Resources • The 2001 USGS study, Investigation of Ground-Water Availability! <br /> and Quality in Orange County, North Carolina, found reasonable <br /> Low flow (1 gallon per minute) wells occur now in reserves of groundwater resources in the County. However, housing <br /> the area despite landowner's deep (400+) wells. density as well as recent drought trends may be a future <br />