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15 <br />Thoroughfare Plan for a municipality or in the Orange County <br />Comprehensive Plan; or <br />5. The subdivision roads are part of a non - residential development <br />consisting of office, retail, industrial, and similar businesses, each located <br />on a separate lot. This provision shall only apply to that portion of a <br />subdivision being developed for non - residential purposes. <br />A private road shall be deemed justified for a minor subdivision resulting in no more than <br />three lots. In such subdivisions, a private access easement may be granted to allow an <br />adjacent lot to access the private road in order to reduce the number of access points on <br />a public road. The intent of this provision is to allow subdivision of parcels of sufficient <br />acreage to meet zoning ordinance requirements for minimum lot size or area per dwelling <br />unit where a private road would not otherwise be permitted because the subdivision <br />cannot comply with requirement 1.a. as follows and where the subdivision would not meet <br />the density requirement for a public road to be accepted into the state maintained system. <br />For any other use of this provision, the final plat and a separate document to be recorded <br />with the final plat shall contain a statement that any further development of any resulting <br />lots, including the parent tract, shall be processed as a major subdivision. <br />For all other subdivisions the Planning Board and the Board of County Commissioners (in <br />the case of major subdivisions) and Planning staff (in the case of minor subdivisions) shall <br />consider the following design features when determining whether to permit private roads. <br />There is no right to a private road in any subdivision larger than three lots. At a minimum, <br />a private road may be justified if the subdivision meets standards of 1.a and at least two <br />other design features listed below. <br />1. The location and design of the subdivision is such that it clearly preserves <br />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 any <br />overlay district requirements, .. <br />With respect to lot sizes, the following shall be deemed as <br />significantly greater than required by the underlying zoning <br />district. <br />1 FOF zening diStFiets haying a minimum let size ef 40,000 square <br />feet OF less, all lets an the subdiyasien must be at least 80,000 <br />squaFe feet- <br />ar-eaFequiFement of 87,120 squaFe feet (twe aeFes), all lets must <br />subdoy's* Ang at least 0 <br />haying a minimum lot size eF peF dwelling <br />