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2 Location • South side of Sweetflag Lane (Private) and east of Hunt Road in Little River Township. PIN's: 9897-55-0174 and 9897-55-7151 TMBL's: 1.22..2D and 1.22..2E • Located in a Rural Designated Area in the Growth Management System, which for less than 21 lots follows the standard subdivision process (i.e. PB Concept; PB Preliminary; BOCC Preliminary) Existing and Proposed Conditions Existing • Zoning: Agricultural Residential (AR) (min. lot size = 40,000 sq. ft.) • Watershed: Little River Protected (max. density = 2 acres /dwelling). • Maximum impervious surface in the Little River Protected Watershed is 6% of the gross acreage (20.97 acres x .06 x 43,560 sq ft = 54,807 sq ft). Physical Features • The subject tract is undeveloped. • There are no designated streams on the tract; however, there is an ephemeral drainage way through lots 7 & 8, which will be protected by a 50-foot buffer on each side (100 feet total). • The site is predominately wooded with a mixture of pines and hardwoods of various sizes. • The topography is gently rolling with steeper slopes on the southeastern portion of the tract (i.e. lot 8), which will be protected with restrictive covenants. Adjacent Land Use • The Forest at Little River (minor subdivision -approved 2005) is located on the north side of Sweetflag Lane. Average lot size for the 4 approved lots was approximately 4.5 acres. • The two 10+ .acre lots at the end of Sweetflag Lane (both owned by John and Sally Bugg) were recorded as an exempt subdivision. Floodplains and stream buffers encumber both lots. Further subdivision of these lots is unlikely due to soils limitations and above noted restrictions. • Two large tracts are located to the south of this proposal. • A relatively small-lot subdivision (2.5± acre average lot size) is located to the west across Hunt Road. Proposed Roads • Access to the new lots will be via Sweetflag Lane, an existing 1,400-foot long private, cul-de- sac road. As part of this application, the applicants request that the existing private road be approved for conversion to astate-maintained, public road. • Staff, at the time of the minor subdivision approval, determined that an extension of Sweetflag Lane east across Forest Creek would not be environmentally prudent, nor would a stub street to the north across the South Fork of the Little River. At this time a stub street to the south would serve little useful purpose due to its proximity to Hunt Road. The single-family residence on the property would be impacted by any street extension. • NCDOT has confirmed that the road is constructed to NCDOT specifications (see attached agency review) and would be accepted into the State maintenance system after some minor improvements are made and after the minimum number of owner-occupied dwellings is reached. • Emergency Management has reviewed this project and found the plans and subdivision acceptable for service provision.