The plan proposes 76 (formerly 85) two-story townhomes located on 7.44 acres. The site would be accessed from SE Maynard Road by a proposed drive with a divided median. This roadway would extend northward through the development to a proposed collector roadway, and a second full service drive is also proposed at the collector roadway. The collector roadway would extend westward to SE Maynard Road and eastward to the easternmost property line. A 50' streetscape is required along SE Maynard Road, but the plan proposes to reduce this streetscape to a width of 30'.

Current Zoning: Residential-Multi-Family 12 (R-MF-12)
Overlay District: N/A
Town Limits: Inside
Land Use Compliance: The Land Use Plan within the area calls for high-density residential development.

Excluding the following items, the plan complies with all zoning requirements:

1. The plan proposes to reduce the 50' streetscape along SE Maynard Road to a width of 30'. (The original plan submittal proposed a streetscape width of 22'.) The proposed 30' streetscape would include: plantings to an opaque standard, a 6' high wrought iron fence across the property frontage, and evergreen shrubs planted along the roadway side of the fence. The actual open area between townhomes and the right-of-way line of SE Maynard Road is 40'. The townhomes would adhere to a 50' setback from the right-of-way line. Staff feels the combination of a 50' building setback, 40' of open space, opaque landscaping, and wrought iron fencing meets the intent of the 50' streetscape requirement and, therefore, staff supports the reduction in streetscape width from 50' to 30'.
2. The plan designates an area central to the site as active recreation, but no physical improvements are proposed on the plan. Staff has recommended that the active recreation area be utilized as an asphalt multi-purpose court with an installed basketball goal.

• Be advised that the Projected Number of Additional Students is only a rough approximation.

Staff has received for this development a Certificate of Adequate Facilities for Schools from the Wake County School System. The Certificate indicates that adequate seating would be available at designated schools at the time of occupancy. Actual school locations would be announced.

Along this project frontage, SE Maynard Road is designated to have an ultimate 76’ back-to-back (four-lane median divided) cross section centered within a 98’ right-of-way based on the Town’s Thoroughfare Plan. The 76’ wide street section consists of a 16’ landscaped median, 12’ inside lanes and 14’ outside lanes. Currently, SE Maynard Road along this project frontage has a 65’ back-to-back (two lanes in each direction with a continuous center turn lane) cross section centered within a 90’ right-of-way. In order to comply with Town Ordinances, the developer would be required to remove existing curb and gutter and sidewalk, widen Maynard Road pavement approximately 5.5’, and then install new curb and gutter and sidewalk. The developer would also be required to dedicate approximately 4’ of right-of-way and construct or bond for "one-half" of the 16’ wide median. The developer proposes to dedicate the additional right-of-way necessary to meet current Thoroughfare Plan requirements, but is requesting to make a payment-in-lieu of Maynard Road improvements. Due to the parcels limited frontage, the minimal amount of additional pavement that would be provided and the requirement for a center median, staff supports the developers request to make a payment-in-lieu of Maynard Road improvements. Staff feels that a widening of this nature would best be handled as a much larger project.

The Town’s Thoroughfare Plan calls for a new east-west collector street to be constructed from SE Maynard to the proposed Trinity Road Extension (from E. Chatham Street to Cary Towne Boulevard). This collector street is shown on the Town’s Thoroughfare Plan to align with Sloan Drive. The Maynard Office Center site plan (just north of proposed Maynard Summit) was approved by the Town in 1996 and the proposed collector street was not required as part of that plan approval. In researching the Maynard Office project file, no mention of the proposed collector could be found and it is staff’s opinion that this item was overlooked during the review and approval of the Maynard Office site plan.

The sewer system would be located beneath private drives and parking areas where Cary has no authority or control over driveway and utility service repair, therefore, staff has recommended that the public sewer system be constructed of a more durable material, ductile iron pipe.