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2~ A <br />1. - In the judgment of the.Rlanning Soard and with <br />the approval of the Commissioners, it is found <br />that the nature and location of the <br />subdivision, including such considerations as <br />topography, the surrounding area, the present <br />and future road plans, and access by public <br />safety vehicles are such that a private road <br />is justified; and <br />2. One or more of the foilowing conditions are <br />met: <br />a. The subdivision consists of less than ten <br />(10) lots. <br />b. The subdivision preserves a natural area <br />through deed restrictions and special <br />design features. <br />c. The subdivision does not embrace or abut. <br />any part of a thoroughfare or street <br />shown on the Orange County Thoroughfare <br />Plan, or a municipality~s thoroughfare <br />plan within the Caunty, or does not lie <br />within a designated Transition Area as <br />determined by the County. <br />d. The subdivision joins or extends an <br />existing subdivision where the streets of <br />the subdivision are private or unpaved, <br />and the new subdivision shall be platted <br />to connect with the streets of such <br />existing subdivision and be compatible <br />with and in harmony with the surrounding <br />~'~ ~ community. <br />e. The subdivision <br />constructed to State <br />be accepted by the S <br />due to density or <br />requirement that the <br />meet; and <br />roads, even i f <br />standards, would not <br />Late for maintenance <br />some other State <br />subdivision cannot <br />WHEREAS, Section IV_E-3-d also states that for a subdivision <br />to be approved with private roads, it should meet <br />as many of the above criteria as possible; <br />provided, however, the meeting of one or mare of <br />the specified conditions will not insure automatic <br />approval of private roads; and <br />WHEREAS, clarificatlan of the interpretation of the private <br />road standards is necessary to insure consistency <br />of application and expeditious handling of <br />subdivision applications; and <br />