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Vote on a quasi-judicial request for approval of a Special Use Permit for Fitch Creations for a new Planned Residential Development on Parcel 95264, being 51.765 acres located off Big Hole Rd., for 43 lots, Williams Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a quasi-judicial request for approval of a Special Use Permit for Fitch Creations for a new Planned Residential Development on Parcel 95264, being 51.765 acres located off Big Hole Rd., for 43 lots, Williams Township.
Introduction & Background:
A quasi-judicial public hearing was held January 17, 2023. Planning staff, T. C. Morphis, attorney for the applicant, and Dan Sears, representative for the applicant, presented the request.
Also speaking was Rose Krasnow, president of the Fearrington Village Homeowners Association. She stated they are not opposed to the development and have a great relationship with Fitch Creations. The concerns were:
* Requesting a gravel construction entrance through the pasture in order to keep truck traffic off the main roads coming through Fearrington Village.
* Concern over the number of storm water ponds.
* Existing club house and other amenities are not adequate to handle more residents.
* If a signal is not possible at US 15-501 N & Weathersfield (which is the closest access to this new development), they would like one reviewed for the US 15-501 N and Mt. Gilead Church Road intersection.
Greg Fitch and Allen Keith both responded to the issue of the number of storm water ponds stating they were complying with the county stormwater ordinance, bio retention ponds would not be economical, and expenses to maintain should not be burdensome.
County staff met with the applicant's engineer on site on January 24, 2023. Per field review it was determined that seven stormwater ponds were not required. The developer had planned on installing 20-foot diversion ditches behind each lot to move stormwater to the ponds. It was explained the ponds were to control runoff from the ...
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