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15 <br />9 <br />J4) SOIL CONDITIONS. Located in areas where soil conditions and stability are <br />suitable far extractive operations. <br />COMPLIES. The portion of the site west of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road is <br />composed of Georgeville silt loam. This quarry provides fill~for drainage fields far <br />septic systems in the County. Georgeville soils pose no problems for future <br />development, The remainder of the site east of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road is <br />designated "Pits," or an area where the soil has been removed by quarrying <br />operations. <br />JS) PUBLIC SERVICES/UTILITIES. Located in azeas where urban-type services, <br />especially water and sewer lines, aze not needed and should be discouraged. <br />COMPLIES. No water and sewer service extension is proposed for the Rural Buffer. <br />On this basis, it would appear that this request complies with the basic criterion of the <br />PUBLIC SERVICES/UTILITIES section for both Rural Industrial Activity Node and <br />Extractive Uses. The applicant intends to use this property as an expansion of an <br />existing quarrying operation, with a proposed future use of a raw water storage <br />facility once quarrying operations have ceased. <br />J6) TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. Located on or near azeas with access to roads that aze <br />designed fox heavy vehicle operation. <br />COMPLIES. This site has access from NC 54 and Bethel-Hickory Grove Church <br />Road, both designated Major Urban Thoroughfares on the Durham-Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro Thoroughfare Plan. The site fronts approximately 1,$40 feet along the <br />north side of NC 54, and approximately 2,920 feet along the east side of Sethel- <br />Hickory Grove Church Road and 3,600 feet along the west side of Bethel-Hickory <br />Grove Church Road. As part of this proposal, Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road is <br />to be realigned along the northern and eastern portions of the property to divert <br />traffic away from the quarrying operations. Road relocation will be coordinated with <br />the NCDOT. <br />J7~ ENERGY USE: No evaluation. <br />J8) EXISTING LAND USE. Located in azeas where the prevailing activity is agriculture, <br />and outside of non-farm clusters of population. <br />COMPLIES. This property is consistent with the requirements for existing land use <br />for the Extractive Uses request. <br />Currently, the predominant land use in this area is rural residential with some <br />agricultural uses. This is typical of land uses within the Rural Buffer area (located in <br />