LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 24-5344    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/31/2024 In control: Planning
On agenda: 6/17/2024 Final action: 6/17/2024
Title: Vote to approve a request by RGH Landscape Architecture, PLLC on behalf of Fitch Creations, Inc. for subdivision Sketch Plan Revision and Preliminary review Fearrington P.U.D. Section X, Area "F" Currituck, consisting of 6 lots on 3.419 acres, located off Millcroft (SR-1817), parcel 18998 in Williams Township
Indexes: Comp Plan Goal 10: Foster a healthy community., Comp Plan Goal 4: Diversify the tax base and generate more high-quality, in-county jobs to reduce dependence on residential property taxes, create economic opportunity and reduce out-commuting.
Attachments: 1. More information from the Planning department website
Title
Vote to approve a request by RGH Landscape Architecture, PLLC on behalf of Fitch Creations, Inc. for subdivision Sketch Plan Revision and Preliminary review Fearrington P.U.D. Section X, Area "F" Currituck, consisting of 6 lots on 3.419 acres, located off Millcroft (SR-1817), parcel 18998 in Williams Township

Abstract
Introduction & Background:
Zoning: Conditional Use Permit for Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Water: Public water Chatham County
Sewer: Private Wastewater Treatment Plant
Watershed District: WSIV-PA
Within 100-year flood: No

Fearrington PUD was originally approved in 1976 as a Planned Unit Development with a master plan allowing for mixed uses and has continued to develop over time. Fearrington PUD is reviewed under the pre-2008 Subdivision Regulations and the 1994 Watershed Ordinance.

Fearrington has 1,602 approved residential units including Galloway Ridge with final plat approval on 1,516 lots to date. Fearrington is exempt from the Chatham County Stormwater Ordinance but is not exempt from the Jordan Lake Buffer requirements. The project is subject to the Chatham County Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance. In 2010, the Board of County Commissioners granted approval of a sketch design revision to a 1999 PUD plan which included all the remaining undeveloped land within the PUD and included Section X. In 2012 another sketch plan revision was approved for Section X. In 2016, the PUD was revised to add "Tyrell" street off Richmond, and to relocate six (6) lots. The 2016 revision did not add any additional lots.

Discussion & Analysis: The request before the Board is for sketch plan revision and preliminary plat review and approval of Section X, Area "F" Currituck, consisting of 6 lots on 3.419. Six lots are proposed with an average of over a half an acre. The previous 12 lots design may be viewed online.

Water: County water is available and will be utilized. The Water Main Extension Permit and the Authorization to C...

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