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By signing this petition, you are telling the Mayor and Commissioners that you advocate for the preservation of rural settlements and natural land. If the Mayor and Commissioners allow for the proposed rezoning to go through it will set a dangerous precedent for developers to invade, rezone, and develop the rural communities, natural land, and the natural habitat that Orange County has left. The applicant for this proposed development must meet the criteria for what is acceptable development in a rural settlement.

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Dear Mayor Demings and Commissioner,

I am writing in opposition to case #LUP-22-02-049 in District 5 (Corner Lake Gardens) scheduled for the October 25, 2022, BCC meeting.  In the it's current form, the project is not compatible with the surrounding area or other Orange County rural settlements. Therefore, I ask that you vote no on the applicant's proposed request to construct 47 single family homes on septic sewer in the Corner Lake Rural Settlement. The developer is proposing .33 (1/3 acre) interior lots and .5 (1/2 acre) lakefront lots on a rural settlement. The total acreage is 74.19 acres with a significant portion of wetlands or land that is submerged in the lake. The proposed development is referenced as a "cluster development." However, in its current form the proposal does not resemble a cluster style development in a rural settlement. Rather, the proposed development resembles standard suburban homes.

The property is surrounded by a cow pasture (east), a 9.96  acre homesite (south), a 1 acre homesite (west), and two PDs on the Lake Pickett Rural Settlement (north) where all the lots exceed the proposed sizes in Corner Lake Gardens. For example, to the north, Lukas Estates is on the Lake Pickett Rural Settlement and has lots larger than 1 acre. Lake Drawdy (also on the Lake Pickett rural settlement) has a cluster development with a minimum of .5 acre lots. The Corner Lake Gardens developer leap frogs over a 9.19 acre homesite bordering the property to Corner Lake Estates as his reference to compatibility, which is also on the Corner Lake Rural Settlement. Even in reference to the Corner Lake Estates PD, the proposed development is not compatible. Corner Lake Estates PD has a minimum interior lot of 1/2 acre and is on public sewer not septic tanks. Further, Country Lakes Estates has 1,692 feet of shoreline (15 homesites) with an average width of 112 feet per lot. The proposed project, Corner Lake Gardens, has a shore line length of 1,155 feet. To be compatible, the proposed project would have space for 10 lots. The developer is proposing a minimum of 13 lakefront lots.

Fundamentally, the proposed development is not preserve the rural character of the area. Does not support the County's effort to move away from septic tanks. If approved, it exposes taxpayers to a cost to retroactively fit almost 50 additional homes to sewer (per the Septic Tank Ordinance). The proposed lot sizes are too small for a rural settlement.  Pertaining to traffic there is only one ingress/egress to Lake Pickett Road with no designated turn lane that will result in traffic related issues. Finally, Hurrican Ian taught us a lot in East Orange County. Our lakes, wetlands, and pastures remain flooded weeks after the hurricane. Every forthcoming development should be designed to contribute to the safety of our area with regards to flooding, preservation of our water quality, and respect to the rural life that we all purchased understanding that our community would be protected.  Please ask the developer to align his proposed development to the lot sizes that are in compliance with the surrounding areas.

Sincerely,

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