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<br />Existing Conditions <br />Physical Features <br />• Rolling topography on the areas proposed for development. <br />• An identified stream flowing northeast into the Eno River passes through the northern <br />tract. <br />• The property is forested, except for a Duke Energy utility easement across the southeast <br />portion. <br />• There are two abandoned mobile homes on the southern portion of the tract. <br />PROPOSAL <br />Conventional Residential Major Subdivision <br />(A flexible plan has been submitted in accordance with subdivision regulations requirements. <br />However, the petitioner requests that the flexible plan not be considered or rezoned). <br />Roads <br />• Access to the subdivision is via two existing streets, Tinnin Road (SR 1313) and School <br />House Road (SR 1314), both paved, state-maintained roads. Both streets are in need <br />of minor maintenance and resurfacing. <br />• Four new, proposed public roads, plus a 200-foot extension to Tinnin Road, will serve <br />lots in the subdivision. All roads will have either asixty- (60') or fifty-foot (50') wide <br />right-of-way depending on NCDOT specifications. Tinnin Road will have a 60-foot <br />right-of-way and all others will have 50-foot right-of-ways with 5-foot utility easements <br />on each side. Pavement width for the extension of Tinnin Road shall be 24-foot width <br />to accommodate bike lanes. All other streets may be 20-foot widths. <br />• Two stub outs to the northern properties are proposed to provide future <br />interconnectivity. <br />• All roads shall be constructed to NCDOT (and County) standards. <br />• Traffic volume generated for this subdivision is approximately 400 trips per day at build <br />out, i.e. between 9 and 10 trips per household per day. <br />NOTE: The District Engineer requests that the. petitioner be placed on notice that both Tinnin <br />Road and School House .Road will be monitored for deterioration that is directly attributable to <br />construction traffic. If, as a result of construction traffic, the roads become severely impacted, <br />the District Engineer has the option of reducing the weight load or requiring a maintenance bond <br />to ensure that the road is returned to proper functionality both during and after construction. <br />Sidewalks: NCDOT requires that an encroachment and maintenance agreement be prepared <br />and signed by all parties before any sidewalks can be located within the NCDOT right-of-way. <br />The petitioner has requested that sidewalks not be required in this subdivision; however, the <br />SUP standards in transition areas require sidewalks and the planning staff recommends that no <br />alternative design standards be approved that waives the requirement of sidewalks. <br />Water <br />Existing water lines to the site are inadequate to serve this project. The lines that currently <br />serve the site are 2'/2 "and 3" lines and do not provide adequate fire protection. County staff <br />has requested that a 12" line be extended to the subdivision from an existing 12" line along US <br />70 West. The extension would have to be placed within the right-of-way of Fuller Road and in <br />the right-of-way of School House Road or perhaps through the school site. The school would <br />