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ORANGE COUNTY 061 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 27, 2001 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. c3_aL1&2) <br /> SUBJECT: Amendments to Orange County Subdivision Regulations Section IV-B-3 to <br /> - Clarify Provisions for Street Rights-of-Way and Coordinated Street System <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: YIN F7 ES-1 <br /> INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): Craig Benedict, ext. 2592 <br /> 1. Ordinance Amending the Orange County Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br /> Subdivision Regulations <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to the Orange County Subdivision <br /> Regulations Section IV-13-3 Streets,to claw. <br /> 1. Section IV-B-3-a,provision of streets rights-of-way;and <br /> 2. Section N43-3.b,provision for a coordinated street system. <br /> BACKGROUND: Subdivision Regulations require provision of street rights-of-way and that <br /> all subdivisions to have "a coordinated street system via a public or private street <br /> Proposed amendments would clarify: <br /> 1. Provision of streets right-of-way includes rights-of-way for proposed future transportation <br /> facilities included in adopted local and regional transportation plans. <br /> 2. Provision for a coordinated street system includes: <br /> • extension of subdivision public roads to developable adjacent lots or to connect with <br /> existing public streets; and <br /> • limited driveway access on major subdivision streets. <br /> 1441 <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no immediate financial impact associated with this decision <br /> item, <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Administration recommends that the Board refer the proposed <br /> amendments to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of <br /> Commissioners no sooner than October 2, 2001. <br /> g:Xtransportation\roadsintenLabs—aug27ph.doc <br />