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~` <br />ARTICLE 7 -SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR EVALUATION/PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS (Continued) <br />~"Yes" indicates comaliance• "No" indicates non-comaliance) <br />3. Protection of visibility for <br />automotive traffic, cyclists <br />and pedestrians shall be as <br />generally provided in Article 6. <br />In addition, where there is <br />pedestrian or bicycle access <br />from within the development <br />to a street at its edges by <br />paths or across yards or other <br />open space without a barrier <br />to access to the street, no <br />material impediment to <br />visibility, as defined therein, <br />shall be created or maintained <br />within areas appropriate to the <br />circumstances of the case, but <br />in any event within a visibility <br />triangle equivalent to that <br />required in Article 6. <br />4. Uses adjacent to <br />single-family residence <br />districts. <br />Where a PD-H district adjoins <br />asingle-family district without <br />intervening permanent open <br />space at least one hundred <br />feet in width serving as a <br />separation for buildable areas, <br />the portion of the perimeter of <br />the PD-H district so adjoining <br />shall be planned and <br />developed only for uses <br />permitted in the adjoining <br />residential district and in <br />accordance with all other <br />requirements for such district, <br />provided however, that in lieu <br />of development, common <br />open space of the PD-H <br />district to a depth of one <br />hundred feet from the district <br />boundary may be permitted. <br />No intensive recreational use <br />or off-street parking shall be <br />permitted within seventy-five <br />feet of the district boundary in <br />such circumstances. <br />PLANNING STAFF PLANNING BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED EVIDENCE SUBMITTED RECOMMENDED <br />FINDINGS TO SUPPORT FINDINGS FINDINGS <br />X Yes _ No 10' x 70' site distance Yes No <br /> triangles will be provided at <br /> each street intersection in <br /> accordance with subdivision <br /> and NCDOT regulations. <br /> To be determined by Boards <br />Yes _ No during the hearing process. _Yes _ No <br /> Relief from the 100-foot <br /> buffer is requested and <br /> needed by the developer in <br /> order for the Conventional <br /> Subdivision plan to be <br /> approved. The developer's <br /> intent and request, in order <br /> to lower development costs <br /> and to maintain affordability <br /> of the units, is to use an <br /> existing residential street, at <br /> the boundary of the Planned <br /> Development, as access for <br /> approximately 11 lots. This <br /> can only occur if the Board <br /> makes a finding in <br /> accordance with 7.3 above. <br />C:\Documents and Settings\Rdavis\Desktop\Efland Commons\Staff Findings for Efland Commons PD.doc <br />