HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2014-066 Resolution of the BOCC approving Stroud's Creek Preliminary Subdivision Plat dated 8-13-2014 -17
RES-2014-066 e
RESOLUTION
OF THE
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Date: October 21, 2014
Name of Subdivision: Stroud's Creek
Owner/Applicant: Stephens Road Partners
C/o Mr. Glenn Futrell
1050 Towerview Court
Cary NC, 27513
Agent(s): Summit Engineers
C/o Mr. Terry Boylan and Mr. Chad Abbott
504 Meadowland Drive
Hillsborough, NC 27278
The Board of County Commissioners hereby approves the Stroud's Creek Preliminary
Subdivision Plat, dated August 13, 2014 containing the following:
• 14 lots slated for single-family residential development with a density of one
dwelling unit per 1.8 acres of land area;
• A roadway (40' wide right-of-way with a 27' wide back-to-back pavement
section), intersecting with Stroud's Creek Road and terminating in a cul-de-sac,
constructed to North Carolina Department of Transportation public road
standards;
• The preservation of 17.21 acres of open space as denoted on the Preliminary
Subdivision Plat;
• A 30-foot wide roadside buffer along Stroud's Creek Road; and
• A 100-foot wide perimeter building setback around the exterior perimeter of the
project.
The approval of this resolution authorizes and directs the Orange County Manager to
accept for Orange County and on behalf of the public generally, the offer of dedication
of all publically offered areas/easements, including the roads, BMP stormwater devices,
and Fire Access, without any maintenance responsibility.
Per the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) the applicant shall
maintain all common areas and proposed roadways until such time as it is accepted for
maintenance by a local homeowner's association, the North Carolina Department of
Transportation, or some other governmental body.
Before the Final Plat of Stroud's Creek can be approved by the Planning Department
and recorded within the Orange County Registrar of Deeds office the following
conditions shall be addressed:
A. Declaration of Restrictions
1. The Orange County Planning Department shall author a Declaration of
Restrictions (hereafter `the document') establishing and describing the
various development restrictions, standards, conditions, and requirements
associated with development of, and within, the project.
The document shall be recorded concurrently with the Final Plat and
approved, as to form and content, by the applicant and the County
Attorney.
2. The document is not intended to serve, supplant, or take the place of any
document recorded by the applicant establishing local homeowner
covenants or deed restrictions enforced by either the applicant or an
established homeowner's association.
B. Sewage Disposal
1. The approval is contingent upon constructing and tapping to the
necessary Town of Hillsborough waste water systems.
C. Wells
1. The approval is contingent upon constructing and tapping to the
necessary Town of Hillsborough water systems.
D. Roads and Access
1. The proposed road shall be constructed to standards of the North
Carolina Department of Transportation in accordance with the approved
Preliminary Plat.
Each roadway shall be located within a minimum 40-foot right-of-way, with
5-foot utility easements on each side. Construction shall be inspected
and approved by NCDOT.
OR
A letter of credit or escrow agreement shall be submitted to secure
construction of the aforementioned roadways to the standards of the
North Carolina Department of Transportation in accordance with the
provisions of the LIDO.
An estimate of the construction cost must be prepared by a
certified/licensed engineer or grading contractor and submitted to the
Planning and Inspections Department. The financial guarantee must
reflect 110% of that estimate and be issued by an accredited financial
institution licensed to do business in North Carolina.
In this instance, the document shall state posted financial guarantee(s)
will not be released until the road construction has been inspected and
approved by NCDOT.
2. With the exception of Lot #14, all lots shall receive access from the
internal subdivision road as depicted on the approved Preliminary Plat.
3. An Erosion Control and Stormwater Management Plan for construction of
the aforementioned roadway shall be submitted by the applicant to the
Orange County Erosion Control Division for review and approval prior to
any land disturbing activity on the site in accordance with the LIDO.
4. Approved double-bladed street name signs shall be erected at the
intersection Stroud's Creek and the proposed Road prior to Planning
Department signatures on the Final Plat, or prior to issuance of any
building permit if road construction is secured by letter of credit as
described herein.
5. Prior to any construction or alteration of any existing access within the
right-of-way of Stroud's Creek Road, the owner/applicant shall secure a
driveway permit from the NCDOT District Office.
The owner/applicant shall submit a copy of the NCDOT-approved permit
and NCDOT approval letter to the Planning Department prior to, or at the
same time as, the request for a grading permit is made, or before
Planning Department signatures are affixed on the Final Plat, whichever is
first.
6. Sight triangles (10' x 70') shall be shown on the Final Plat at the
intersection with each of the aforementioned roadway and Stroud's Creek
Road.
E. Land Use Buffers and Landscaping
1. The 30-foot wide land use buffer along Stroud's Creek Road, identified on
the approved Preliminary Plat, shall be preserved in perpetuity in
accordance with the provisions of the UDO. The document, as well as
any local covenants, shall require the applicant or future homeowner's
association to preserve the required land use buffer.
2. Trees within the tree protection area denoted on the approved Preliminary
Plat shall be preserved as proposed by the applicant.
3. Upon completion of roadway improvements Planning Department staff
shall complete an inspection in the area to ascertain if additional roadway
plantings are required in accordance with the provision(s) of the UDO.
In the event additional plantings are required, the applicant shall submit a
formal landscape plan re-establishing required vegetation. The
owner/applicant shall install landscaping as indicated on the approved
Landscape Plan and the Planning Department shall inspect and approve
such landscaping before signing the Final Plat. It should be noted no part
of any additional landscaping shall encroach into the ten (10) foot by
seventy (70) foot sight triangles at the public road intersection.
OR
The owner/applicant shall submit a letter of credit or cash bond to secure
required landscape installation and preservation. The owner/applicant
shall provide, as specified within the UDO, an estimate of the cost for
required preservation, plantings and their installation. The financial
guarantee shall reflect 110% percent of the estimate and be issued by an
accredited financial institution licensed to do business in North Carolina.
4. Provision for protection of existing trees shall be included in the Final Plat,
as well as the recorded Declaration of Restrictions, as prepared by the
Orange County Planning Department.
5. Clear cutting or other removal of any trees or other vegetation on
individual lots is prohibited as specified within the UDO. This requirement
shall be further evidenced within the subdivision's recorded Declaration of
Restrictions and Final Plat.
6. The Landscape Plan will detail required tree plantings along common
property lines for each of the proposed lots. Development of each
individual lot shall necessitate the submittal of a landscape plan providing
documentation on the installation and/or preservation of existing
vegetation to comply with established landscaping requirements detailed
within the UDO.
7. The stream buffer and floodplain area denoted on the approved
Preliminary Plat shall be left in an undisturbed, natural state with the
exception of the approved pedestrian bridge and accompanying
pedestrian pathway installed consistent with the parameters of the UDO.
F. Drainage
1. The applicant shall submit a final Stormwater Management and Erosion
Control Plan for approval by Orange County Erosion Control prior to the
commencement of land disturbing activities.
2. Drainage easements shall be located on the Final Plat as required
following review and approval of the stormwater management plan by
Erosion Control staff.
3. Drainage culverts shall be sized and located appropriately, as required by
NCDOT and Erosion Control, by a licensed North Carolina Professional
Engineer.
G. Parkland
1. At the time of recordation of the Final Plat, the applicant shall pay to
Orange County a $5,908 ($422.00 times 14 lots) payment-in-lieu-of-
parkland dedication fee.
H. Construction Waste
1. Per Orange County Ordinance, clean wood waste, scrap metal and
corrugated cardboard and all present construction waste, must be
recycled.
2. Per Orange County Ordinance, all haulers of construction waste must be
properly licensed.
3. Prior to any demolition or construction activity on the site the applicant will
hold a pre-demolition/pre-construction conference with the County's Solid
Waste staff. This may be the same meeting held with other development
officials.
I. Miscellaneous
1. The Final Plat shall contain a title block and vicinity map in accordance
with the UDO.
2. The open space shall be conveyed into the Homeowner's Association
before Planning Department signatures are affixed to the final plat.
3. Tree cutting in the delineated land use buffers along the perimeter of the
project as well as the 30' wide roadside buffer is prohibited except for
necessary landscape installation and maintenance purposes, which has to
be approved by County Planning Staff prior to any such tree cutting taking
place.
4. Tree cutting/disturbance of flora within identified stream buffers shall only
be permitted as detailed within the Orange County Unified Development
Ordinance.
5. If street lighting is proposed, then a lighting plan shall be submitted to the
Planning Department for review and approval prior to purchase of lighting
fixtures from the utility provider.
Any lighting shall meet the Outdoor Lighting Standards set forth in the
UDO.
6. A sign permit shall be obtained from Orange County for the subdivision
sign located at or near the entrance of the subdivision prior to beginning
construction.
7. Methods of disposal of trees, limbs, stumps and construction debris
associated with construction activity shall be by some method other than
open burning as required in the UDO.
J. Certifications
1. A Certificate of Survey and Accuracy signed by a Professional Land
Surveyor shall be notarized on the face of the Final Plat.
2. A Certificate of Declaration and Maintenance in the form provided in the
UDO signed by the landowner and developer shall be on the face of the
plat and included in a document describing development restrictions to be
recorded concurrently with the Final Plat.
3. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) shall certify
that the public road has been entirely constructed to State standards.
4. A Certificate of Approval signed by the Orange County Planning and
Inspections Department shall appear on the face of the final plat.
5. All other required certificates detailed within the UDO, applicable to the
project, shall be placed on the Final Plat for signature.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Orange County
Commissioners that the Preliminary Plan for the Stroud's Creek Subdivision is
approved in accordance with the above mentioned conditions and attached Preliminary
Plat dated August 13, 2014.
pon motion of Commissioner seconded by Commissioner
the foregoing resolution was adopted this the o7 day of
2014.
I, Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of
Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so
much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on , 2014 as
relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are
recorded in Minute Book No. of the minutes of said Board.
WITNESS m han nd t e seal of said County, this day of jo—lAw' -.,2014.
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