A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY PLAT #PP03-C-09

AUBURN HILLS, LLC, OWNER/APPLICANT
PARCEL I.D. #6993-35-8981-000

            WHEREAS, Auburn Hills, LLC, owner/applicant, has filed an application seeking Preliminary Plat approval;

            WHEREAS, the applicants propose to create three new lots ranging in size from approximately 2.0 to 3.5 acres, plus a residue parcel of  ± 142.10 acres from a 151.57 acre parcel; and

            WHEREAS, on February 18, 2003, the Planning Commission approved the Preliminary Plat application for the creation of five new lots ranging in size from 2.0 to 4.26 acres, plus a residue parcel of ± 136.5 acres; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has considered the revised application presented by the applicant; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has determined that the application satisfied the general standards of the Zoning Ordinance and that the application is in substantial conformance with the Comprehensive Plan; now, therefore, be it

            RESOLVED by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 17th day of March 2003, That the application by Auburn Hills, LLC, for Preliminary Plat approval on Parcel Identification Number 6993-35-8981-000 be, and is hereby, approved, subject to the following conditions:                 

1.   The final plat shall be in general conformance with the preliminary subdivision plat entitled "The Hills at Old Auburn" dated February 24, 2003 , and received in the Planning Office on March 13, 2003 for a maximum of three new lots and a residue lot.

2.      Prior to final plat and construction plan approval, the applicant shall submit a detailed landscape plan as required pursuant to Section 7-600 of the Zoning Ordinance.

3.      A Virginia Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS) shall adjust the Type I Soil Map soil lines onto the final working plat.  This shall be done in the field and checked for any additional soil information to be added to the final scale plat map.

4.      A signature block shall be placed on the Final Soil Map sheet for the CPSS to sign which states:  

5.Interpretive information from the Type I Soil Map for each mapping unit shown  on the above plat shall be placed on the same soil map.  Also, a Spot Symbols Legend shall be placed on the plat map to identify spot symbols.

6.      The following statements shall be placed on the final plat: 

"The County recommends that no below grade basements be constructed on soil mapping unit 413C, 415B, and 416B due to wetness unless the foundation drainage system of the structure is designed by a Virginia Licensed Professional Engineer." 

"Foundations placed in Soil Mapping Units that show a moderate, high, or  very high shrink-swell potential in the most recent Interpretive Guide to the Soils of Fauquier County, Virginia will require geotechnical evaluation in order to determine proper design." 

"Before a home is started the builder shall mark the drainfield area off and not disturb it during construction."

7.      All drainfield sites shall be approved by the Health Department prior to final construction plan approval. 

8.      All entrances shall be sited and constructed in accordance with VDOT regulations and design standards.

9.      The SWM/BMP emergency spillway shall not be discharged into an area that does not have an existing stream or defined swale with adequate channel. 

10.  Adequate channel calculations shall be provided to address SWM for lot 1.

11.  The toe of slope on the embankment or associated disturbed area of the SWM/BMP shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet from the property line.