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3 <br />BOCC GOAL: Rural .Character Preservation adopted June 21, 1999 <br />(Objective 2j <br />PURPOSE: To gauge cumulative impacts of development as it relates to <br />resubdivision, flexible development options and access. <br />1. Various amendments. to the Orange County Subdivision <br />Regulations. <br />a. Amend SECTION III-B (1) Classification of Subdivisions to change <br />from twenty-four month period to a ten (10) year. period to require <br />that parent parcels resubdivided within aten-year period would be <br />gauged and reviewed for .their cumulative effect in a major <br />subdivision process. <br />PURPOSE: To better allow the Planning Department to monitor the <br />piecemeal pattern of subdivision applications and approvals and to <br />reduce fhe incentive to avoid the major subdivision. review process. <br />b. Amend SECTION III-D-1 Concept Plan Approval in all Zonina <br />Districts Except the Rural Buffer to .revise the procedures for concept <br />plan approval <br />PURPOSE: Both options, Conventional and .Flexible Development <br />.are still available to the the developer fore initial submittal This <br />procedure permits Planning Staff to recommend which option of <br />subdivision (flexible or conventional) is preferred and to remove <br />language that the subdivision options are. non-binding on the <br />applicant. Thin new procedure will promote more open space in <br />subdivisions. <br />c. Amend SECTION III-D-2 Concept Plan A_paroval in the Rural Buffer <br />Zoning District to revise the .procedures for concept plan approval <br />Purpose: Same as 2b <br />d. Amend the SECTION II DEFINITIONS Subdivision (1) by changing <br />the requirement that resultant lots shall e) not increase the number <br />of access points to a public street over the number currently existing <br />and f) not shift access from a lower classified/volume street to a <br />higher classified/volume street.. <br />PURPOSE: To promote and maintain transportation efficiency by <br />limiting access on higher capacity/classified roadways <br />e. Amend the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations to create <br />a new definition entitled Non-Vehicular Access (NVA) Easement. <br />PURPOSE: To prevent creation of additional, unauthorized <br />driveways along roads. or allow recombination of lots to defeat the <br />purpose of the subdivision regulations. <br />f. Amend Orange Private Road Standards to reduce the maximum <br />number of lots. allowed on a private road to 10 from 25, raise the <br />'standards for private .roads and to require that a NC Professional <br />g:/robert/legalad/FbPHrevd <br />