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E Physical Features: weathered bedrock at the surface. • Rolling topography with some One hundred- (1 00) foot wide AT&T right-of way bisects the northern portion tion of subdivision. s flowing southwest into the Eno River pass through the proposed • Three different stream re subdivision. (The Erosion Control Division completed stream calls for each stream on March 6, 2006.) The property is completely forested, except for the utility easements; however, all the land has been timbered over the past sixty- (60) years. Adjacent Land Use: • Properties to the east front on Pleasant Green Road. The east side of Pleasant Green Road is zoned R-1 (Rural Residential). • Properties to the north are platted single-family residential lots averaging 3.5 acres. • Properties to the south are large lot residential parcels. averaging nearly ten (10) acres in area. • Properties to the west are State-owned parklands. • 24 of the 37 (65%) surrounding properties within five hundred (500) feet of the proposed subdivision have lot sizes smaller than the proposed 3.67- 44 acre per lot density. • All phases of the Pleasant Green Woods subdivision, on the east side of Pleasant Green Road southeast of Cabe Ford Road, have a residential density of just over 3 acres per lot and an average lot size of 64,617 sq. ft (1.48 acres). PROPOSAL Conventional Residential Major Subdivision Total subdivision contains 74AW= 68.74 acres. • Average lot size is 2.22 acres. ined 88 acres, which are a replat of Lots 2, 3, • At the concept plan stage, the plan conta 4, 5, and 8 of the Bramco Trading Corp. subdivision, recorded on January 25, 1982, • A recombination plat of these five lots and a 15.4-acre, one lot exempt subdivision was recorded on February 1, 2008. The new exempt subdivision lot created will be conveyed to the Eno River Association by the current owner with the intent of transferring the property into State ownership as part of the Eno River State Park. It is not part of this subdivision and not considered when subdivision open-space is calculated. Using the Conventional Plan option, the applicant is proposing a 20-lot subdivision (a 3.67- 44 acre density). This alternative has all the attributes of a Conservation Cluster Flexible Design option; except for the 1 00-foot perimeter buffer. (The Preliminary Plat proposes a variable width perimeter buffer.) • The subdivision will require the dedication of 4.10 acres for public road r.o.w. 24=44 19_73 acres in private open space (33=2=9 _2870% of the total subdivision area) will be deeded, fee-simple, to and owned , by the subdivision homeowners association. T=his %we i—p-sludet, t0e 4.73. _06meTraet " is haw. - • Planning staff tong extra time during Concept Plan stage to discuss and resolve issues . I of connectivity, voluntary parkland dedication, density, and lots of record, as these