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5 Certification of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS) As per its letter, Orange County Schools pre-awarded a Certificate of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS) for twenty (20) housing units. (CAPS dated May 13, 2008 is included in Attachment 4.) Fire Suppression Applicant has proposed to install a water withdrawal facility (a half-acre wet pond with a volume of around 150,000 cubic feet) for the purpose of emergency water for fire suppression on-site. Water -Sewer • Individual well and septic disposal systems will serve all lots. • The Orange County Environmental Health Department has determined that there are twenty (20) acceptable private septic disposal fields and replacement fields. (Please refer to Alan Clapp's email message of April 2008.) Historic Preservation • Care is given to the preservation of the cemetery located on Tract "A". • The location of the proposed plat is referred to the State Archaeologist to determine if other historic or archaeological assets are located on-site. (ERCD staff referred this matter to the State Archaeologist on August 28th. No other historic or archaeological assets were revealed in the State inventory.] PLANNING STAFF ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. The proposed development is compatible with the uses and densities suggested in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. 2. The proposed development complies with the Subdivision Regulations standards relating to open space percentage and acres, the type of open space, roadway design, and buffers. 3. The proposed development complies with the Zoning Ordinance standards regarding minimum lot size, impervious cover, and density. 4. The applicant addressed the neighborhood concerns by reducing the number of lots from thirty-three (33), as approved with the Concept Plan, to twenty (20) and providing turn around capabilities for school buses. 5. The 4.73 acres (Tract "A") be dedicated to the County for the ultimate purpose of conveying this parcel to the Eno River State Park. The instruments necessary to convey the land to the Eno River Association and then to the Eno River State Park shall be developed by the County Attorney's office. Planning Staff recommends Approval. of the Preliminary Plat in accordance with: • The attached Resolution of Approval, • The 4.73-acre Tract "A" is accepted as public recreation land with the instrument to convey the land to the Eno River State Park to be developed by the County Attorney's office, Note: See Resolution of Approval item E.3j • The $9,100 in-lieu-of parkland dedication fee be waived, and Note: See Resolution of Approval item E.3j • The "stub out" streets shall be included on the Preliminary Plat. Note: See Resolution of Approval item 8.6j