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3 • New Salou Drive will be constructed as a collector, and will provide a future connection with the large undeveloped tract to the west. • All seven roads (New Salou Drive, Trumpet Court, Vine Court, Bee Balm Court, Onslow Court, Climbing Aster Court, and the new portion of High Ridge Drive) will be public and constructed to NCDOT standards. Residential Lots: • Thirty-two (32) single-family residential lots per the conventional development option • Average lot size = 42,491 square feet (0.975 acres); Gross lot size 1.71 acres • Minimum lot size per R-1 Zoning District = 40,000 square feet • Minimum lot size using individual well and septic systems = 40,000 square feet • Minimum to actual lot size ratio (MTAR) = 1.06 • Minimum density per Back Creek and Upper Eno Protected Watersheds = 1 dwelling unit per 40,000 square feet • Minimum to actual density ratio (MTADR) = 1.86 • Impervious Surface limit per Back and Upper Eno PWs = 12% Open Space: • Minimum open space required for Conventional Development = 0% of site • Proposed open space = 17.29 acres (31.58% of site) controlled by the Homeowner Association • Open space includes centrally located mini-park linked to pedestrian trail • Open space along New Salou and High Ridge drives provides for pedestrian travel along main roads outside of rights-of-way. Buffers: • The applicant has self-imposed a 30-foot building buffer area along the site perimeter and between the subdivision and any off-site public street right-of-way. (There is no building buffer requirement for conventional subdivisions.) • A 30-foot Type A Land Use Buffer (semi-opaque: intermittent visual obstructions from the ground to a height of at least thirty feet) is required along Frazier Road and the proposed New Salou Drive per Section IV-B-8. • Typical lot landscape plan specifies primary and secondary tree protection areas Recreation & Parks: Public Recreation Space • The site is located in the Cheeks Township District Park (per the Recreation Service Area Boundaries Map. • No physical dedication is warranted because neither county recreation sites nor conservation sites have been identified for this area, as part of the current Comprehensive Plan. The payment in-lieu of option is viable. Private Recreation Space • The applicant must reserve a minimum of 36,852 square feet of open space for private recreation use (Per Section IV-B-7-b Recreation Sites, Orange County Subdivision Regulations and Articles 5.1.1 & R.12 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance). • The proposed pedestrian trail and mini-park satisfy this requirement.