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a7 <br />ARTICLE 7 -SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR EVALUATION/PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS (Continued) <br />("Yes" indicates compliance; "No" indicates non-compliance) <br />However, if applicants will (a) <br />provide private facilities, <br />utilities and services approved <br />by appropriate public agencies <br />as substituting on an <br />equivalent basis, and assure <br />their satisfactory continuing <br />operation, permanently or until <br />similar public utilities, facilities <br />or services are available and <br />used, or (b) make provisions <br />acceptable to the County for <br />off-setting any added net <br />public cost or early <br />commitment of public funds <br />made necessary by such <br />development, location of the <br />PD districts may be approved. <br />In computing net public costs, <br />differences in anticipated <br />public installation, operation <br />and maintenance costs and <br />differences in anticipated <br />public revenue shall be <br />considered. Expenses <br />involved in making such <br />determinations shall be paid by <br />the applicants. Determinations <br />shall be made by the County <br />or by experts acceptable to <br />the County. <br />7.4.3 Physical Character of <br />the Site; Relation to <br />Surrounding Property <br />The site shall be suitable for <br />development in the manner <br />proposed without hazards to <br />persons or property, on or off <br />the tract, free from the <br />probability of flooding, <br />erosion, subsidence or slipping <br />of the soil or other dangers. <br />Condition of soil, ground <br />water level, drainage and <br />topography shall all be <br />appropriate to both the kind <br />and pattern of use intended. <br />PLANNING STAFF PLANNING BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED EVIDENCE SUBMITTED RECOMMENDED <br />FINDINGS TO SUPPORT FINDINGS FINDINGS <br />X Yes _ No No Public Costs. All utility ~, Yes _ No <br /> lines will be constructed by <br /> developer and dedicated to <br /> either Orange Alamance <br /> Water System, Inc and to <br /> Orange County with regard <br /> to public sewer lines. <br /> No Public Costs <br /> The site is relatively flat with <br /> the exception of one stream <br />X Yes No channel, which will be Yes No <br /> protected from development <br /> disturbance. There are no <br /> floodplains on the site. A <br /> swale drainage system is <br /> proposed and post- <br /> development runoff will be <br /> limited to the same amounts <br /> as pre development runoff. <br />C:\Documents and Settings\Rdavis\Desktop\Efland Commons\Staff Findings for Efland Commons PD.doc <br />