Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 2, 2002 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ,~ _ ~ <br />SUBJECT• Tuscany Ridge Subdivision <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Issues from BOCC November 6, 2002 <br />Meeting <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Director, ext. 2592 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To provide information on five issues raised at the November 6, 2002 BOCC <br />meeting concerning prior approval of the Tuscany Ridge Preliminary Subdivision. <br />BACKGROUND: The Tuscany Ridge Subdivision is a 22-lot development on 56 acres of land <br />in the Joint Planning Area (JPA) `Rural Buffer' along Arthur Minnis Road, west of Rocky Ridge <br />Road. The subdivision was processed as a major subdivision during the first and second <br />quarters of this year with the Board of County Commissioners granting approval on June 27, <br />2002. <br />Subsequent to BOCC approval in June, a number of issues arose from property owners either <br />residing or owning property in the general vicinity of the Tuscany Ridge development. A list of <br />citizen issues -- ranging from administrative approval procedures to adherence to sound <br />planning principals -- was raised at the Planning Board level. These issues were compiled, by <br />planning staff, into a document and the staff generated a response to each issue. <br />After the Planning Board meeting, a Special Presentation was provided at the BOCC August <br />20, 2002 regular meeting agenda for citizens to publicly address the BOCC with their concerns. <br />At that August meeting, staff presented the abovementioned list of citizen issues that were <br />raised at the Planning Board and citizens followed with these and some other concerns. Staff <br />from Planning, Environmental Health, NCDOT and County Engineer were involved in <br />generating responses to these issues. <br />Additional discussion occurred at the November 6, 2002 BOCC meeting to consider the <br />responses that were generated by Planning, Environmental Health, NCDOT, and the County <br />Engineer. In that meeting five additional concerns were noted and are in the process of being <br />addressed by appropriate agencies (see attached report page 3). <br />