LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 17-2084    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 3/6/2017 In control: Planning
On agenda: 3/20/2017 Final action: 3/20/2017
Title: Vote on a request to approve Lewis Metty Development Inc., for a revision to sketch design for Cedar Mountain, Phase 3 to revise Condition # 1 of the 2006 sketch design approval for Cedar Mountain, located off Jones Ferry Road, SR-1540 and Cedar Grove/Cedar Mountain Road, Baldwin Township, parcel #'s 1611 and 1721.
Attachments: 1. More Information from Planning Department Website
TITLE
Vote on a request to approve Lewis Metty Development Inc., for a revision to sketch design for Cedar Mountain, Phase 3 to revise Condition # 1 of the 2006 sketch design approval for Cedar Mountain, located off Jones Ferry Road, SR-1540 and Cedar Grove/Cedar Mountain Road, Baldwin Township, parcel #'s 1611 and 1721.

ABSTRACT

Action Requested:
Request by Chuck Lewis, Lewis Metty Development Inc., for a revision to sketch design for Cedar Mountain, Phase 3 to revise Condition # 1 of the 2006 sketch design approval for Cedar Mountain, located off Jones Ferry Road, SR-1540 and Cedar Grove/Cedar Mountain Road, Baldwin Township, parcel #'s 1611 and 1721.

Introduction & Background:
Zoning: R-1
Watershed: WSIV-PA / JLBA
Water: private wells
Septic: private on-site and off-site septic systems and repair areas
Roadways: public, NCDOT state maintained roads

Cedar Mountain is reviewed under the pre-2008 Subdivision Regulations.

Discussion & Analysis:
Cedar Mountain Subdivision received sketch design approval from the Board of County Commissioners on July 17, 2006 and consisted of 65 lots. There were two conditions of approval:
1. The emergency access easement be widened to a minimum of 50 feet and be labeled as "50 foot wide dedication of public right-of-way and emergency vehicle access".
2. The emergency vehicle access shall be constructed to a minimum standard of a 16 foot wide, all weather travel surface. A note shall be placed on the preliminary and final plat detailing the standards to which said access is constructed and future upkeep and maintenance responsibilities.

The preliminary plat submittal in 2007 included the required 50 foot wide dedication of public right-of-way and emergency vehicle access. See attachment # 3. The Preliminary Plat was approved by the Board of County Commissioners in 2007.

In 2016 the developer constructed the emergency vehicle access prior to submittal of a final plat for Cedar Mountain, Ph. 3A, based on the two co...

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