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5. The subdivision roads are part of anon-residential development <br />consisting of office, retail, industrial, and similar businesses, each <br />located on a separate lot. This provision shall only apply to that <br />portion of a subdivision being developed for non-residential purposes. <br />A private road shall be deemed justified for a minor residential subdivision <br />resulting in no more than three lots provided: <br />1. No new lots have been created from the parent tract, through <br />subdivision or other manner exempted from subdivision regulations, <br />since the more recent: <br />a. date of adoption of this provision; or <br />b. ten years from the date of recordation of the parent tract if the <br />lot being subdivided was created using the three-lot private <br />-road justification provision. <br />The parent tract, for the purpose of this provision, is the lot or <br />tract of land that is being subdivided. <br />2. All, resulting lots meet Orange County Zoning Ordinance minimum lot <br />area per dwelling unit and maximum density requirements for the <br />zoning district, including any overlay district, in which the subdivision <br />is located. <br />Such subdivision of three or fewer would be encouraged to provide a private <br />access easement for one adjacent lot to access the private road in order to <br />reduce the number of access points on a public road. <br />For all other subdivisions the Planning. Board and the Board of County <br />Commissioners (in the case. of major subdivisions) and Planning staff (in the <br />case of minor subdivisions) shall consider the following design features when <br />determining whether to permit private roads.. There is no right to a private <br />road in any subdivision containing more than three lots. At a minimum, a <br />private road may be justified if the subdivision meets standards of 1.a and at <br />least two other design features listed below.. <br />The location and design of the subdivision is such that it clearly <br />preserves the rural character of the County through: <br />a. The provision of lot sizes and building setback lines significantly <br />greater than required by the underlying zoning :district, including <br />any overlay district requirements, according to the following <br />standards: <br />1) The following, with respect to lot sizes, shall be deemed <br />as significantly greater than required by the underlying <br />zoning district for conventional subdivisions. <br />(a) All lots in the subdivision must beat least 80,000 <br />square feet if the minimum lot size of the zoning <br />district is 40,000 square feet or less.. <br />-30-b- <br />