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Page 2 of 3 I respectfully request that you review the decision made by the Orange County Planning Board concerning the above mentioned minor subdivision and reverse their ruling concerning my direct driveway access to Whitfield Road, Chapel Hill, NC. This property was purchased by my Grandparents in 1903 and has been in my immediate family since that time. I personally have lived on this family land for 34 years, Lot 29B. I am in the process of subdividing Lot 29, into 2 tracts of land. Tract 2, which is adjacent to the acreage I live on, will be approximately a 4 acre lot, owned by me, and Tract 1 will be approximately a 15 acre lot, owned by my two brothers, C. Douglas and Donnie W. Yeazgan. Both my existing Lot 29B and my proposed Tract 2, already have separate, individual, well established direct driveway connections to Whitfield Road. I am asking that The Orange County Planning Board. allow me to keep the two current direct driveway connections, as they currently exist, to Whitfield Road on Lot-29B and Tract 2, each providing access for only one building lot, and that they also allow one additional outlet to Whitfield Road be constructed for the proposed Tract 1, 15 acres. That would mean adding just one more driveway to an overall 24 acre parcel which has 728 feet of road frontage. These 3 outlets would be well spaced apart with approximately 200 feet separating each of them and all would have excellent sight distance, as we currently have on the original 2 drives. The Planning Board has denied my request, stating that only two outlets will be approved in total for all three parcels, Lot 29B, Tract 2, and Tract 1. This means I will have to disrupt approximately 200 feet of my existing driveway and construct a new joint drive, removing numerous large trees and avoiding my existing well and water lines, doing this in order to utilize one of the allowed outlets for Tract 1. By allowing the construction of the third additional direct outlet on Tract 1, no trees would have to be removed. Other options that the Planning Board has suggested, such as a driveway easement across the total width of my existing Lot 29B, to Tract 2, ending with the construction of a turnaround, would again require removing numerous large trees. I ask that you review the decision made by the Orange County Planning Board and reverse their decision by aIIowing me to keep the existing 2 driveway connections for Lot 29B and Tract 2, and add an additional third connection for Tract 1. Please see attachment copy of my last correspondence from the Orange County Planning Department. Thank you in advance for your consideration in this matter which is so critical to me. I look forward to hearing from you and your decision. I can be reached at the above mailing address, or at dianechappell@aol.com. (D} 65I-5454 or (H) 408-0904 Regards, Diane Yeargan Chappell 03/25/2008