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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 24, 2003 <br />SUBJECT: Subdivision Regulations Amendment: IV -B -3. Streets <br />139 1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.4.a <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Ordinance Amending Orange County <br />Subdivision Regulations <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict Ext. 2592 <br />Karen Lincoln Ext. 2594 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />968 -4501 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane (336)227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to the Orange County Subdivision <br />Regulations, IV-B-3 Streets, subsection IV-B-3-a. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners, on May 20, 2003, approved <br />recommendations contained in the Joint Orange Grove Road Transportation Group (JOGRTG) <br />Report and Access Management Plan, and authorized staff to pursue actions to implement the <br />recommendations. The proposed amendment to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations, <br />Section IV- B -3 -a, would require developers of land abutting a roadway for which the Board has <br />approved an access management plan or similar corridor study to meet provisions recommended <br />by such plans or studies. <br />Elements of access management plans may recommend provisions to reduce conflict points such <br />as driveway spacing, street design and alignment and /or provision of facilities for bicycles, <br />sidewalks, and public transportation. <br />Development Process, Schedule, and Action <br />• Public Hearing November 24, 2003: No decision is made on the proposed amendments . by <br />either the Planning Board or the Board of County Commissioners at the public hearing. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no immediate financial impact associated with this item. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): Planning Staff recommends APPROVAL of the proposed <br />Amendment. <br />Administration recommends referring the proposed amendment to <br />the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board <br />of County Commissioners no sooner than January 26, 2004. <br />G \Comprehensive Planning Div \GENE\2003 Public Hearings \Nov 24 \Sweets (Access Mgt)N 1 24- 03_PH_absAoc <br />