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DRAFT AUGUST 2, 2000 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br />b. Agricultural Districts Advisory Soard - no report available <br />c. Ordinance Review Committee - no meeting <br />4 Chair Allison asked about transportation and said that there had not been any feedback in the last few <br />S months. Benedict said that the private road standards that were reviewed by this board and were at a public <br />6 hearing in February would be coming up for a decision at the August 15`'' Board of County Commissioners' <br />7 meeting. <br />9 McAdams made reference to the Wilson Efland subdivision and said that on the map that was presented by <br />10 the staff it was difficult to see that the 10 feet that was requested was in front of the 100-year floodplain. <br />11 Benedict said that this could have been clearer. He said that this item had not proceeded to the Commission <br />12 yet. The ERCD and Planning staff is working on a program for everyone to understand what the master <br />13 program is. <br />14 <br />1S <br />16 <br />17 <br />~18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />AGENDA ITEM #$: <br />Kirk made the presentation. <br />SUBDIVISIONS <br />a. Preliminary Plans <br />(1) Section Two Beaver Valley <br />(Cheeks Township - 22 lots) <br />PURPOSE: <br />Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for Section Two Beaver Valley Subdivision. <br />26 BACKGROUND: <br />27 Request -Preliminary Plan <br />28 Applicant: Bruce and Sara Curtis, owners. <br />29 • Subdivision follows the conventional plan. <br />30 • Twenty-two (22) residential lots proposed on a 39.79-acre tract. The average lot size is 1.24 acres <br />31 outside the common area open space. The minimum lot size is 40,000 square feet. <br />32 Location <br />33 West of Mace Road and Beaver Valley Section One in Cheeks Township. <br />34 Existin and Pro osed Conditions <br />35 Existing: <br />36 • Zoned Rural Residential (Rl) <br />37 • Back Creek Protected Watershed <br />38 Physical Features: <br />39 • One designated stream running along the east boundary of the property <br />40 • Entirely wooded with mixed hardwoods and pines <br />41 Adjacent Land User <br />42 • Properties to the west and south are medium to large acreage single family residential lots <br />43 • Property to the east is the first section of Beaver Valley <br />44 • Property to the north is owned by the Town of Mebane with Lake.Michael located on the property <br />45 Proposed: <br />46 Roads: <br />47 • Access is from Beaver Valley Drive, a new public road to be constructed to state standards <br />48 • Beaver Valley Drive extends through Section One from Mace Road, an existing state secondary road <br />49 Open Space: <br />SO • A 150-foot open space buffer is proposed along the stream on the east side of the property <br />S l • 8.89 acres; 22.3% common area open space proposed on the conventional plan; 25% in-lot open space. <br />52 • Minimum to actual lot ration (MTAR) =1.35 <br />~a <br />