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:Beverly::Blythe:-ordain <br /> .:.sliding_scale_clean.doc <br /> the orange County Comprehensive Plan., stream buffers are increased <br /> by twenty-five percent (25%) above those required by Article 6.23 of the <br /> Orange County Zoning Ordinance and the impervious surface allowed is <br /> decreased by fifteen percent (15%) to allow greater infiltration of storm <br /> water runoff to prevent the pollution of water supply reservoirs. <br /> 5. The site contains topographic and environmental features, such as <br /> streams, steep slopes, or watersheds, that would be adversely affected by <br /> the use of roads constructed to State standards because of factors such <br /> as significant amounts of earthwork (cut and fill) that would contribute to <br /> increased run-off of stormwater and siltation. <br /> 6. The site is already developed to 100% of the capacity which could be <br /> achieved after approval of the subdivision and some or all of the non- <br /> conforming aspects of existing development on the site will be made more <br /> conforming as a result of the proposed subdivision, and all conforming <br /> aspects of the development will remain conforming. <br /> 7. There is only one subdivision road proposed. Its length does not exceed <br /> 350'feet , it serves no more than five (5) lots, its grade does not exceed <br /> 9%, and the land being subdivided is not connected to or part of another <br /> subdivision required to be served by public roads. <br /> The Declaration of Development Restrictions, prepared by the Planning Staff and <br /> recorded concurrently with the Final Plat, shall include a statement that further <br /> subdivision of any of the lots may require that the road be upgraded to a higher private <br /> road classification, or to public standards, and that the cost of the upgrade will be the <br /> responsibility of the subdivider. <br /> Where a parcel being subdivided was created by a previous subdivision approved after <br /> July 5, 1983, then the previous subdivision as well as the proposed subdivision will be <br /> considered in determining whether a private road is still justified. <br /> It shall be the responsibility of the applicant for subdivision approval to supply a written <br /> statement justifying the reasons for private roads in the proposed subdivision. <br /> Compliance with one or more of the above standards does not insure approval of either <br /> a public or private road within a proposed subdivision. <br /> Section 2: Private road standards. Orange County Subdivision Regulations, <br /> APPENDIX A ORANGE COUNTY PRIVATE ROAD STANDARDS, is amended as <br /> follows: <br /> add language to clarify differences between public and private roads. the second <br /> paragraph in the section titled "purpose" is amended to read as follows: <br /> Purpose <br /> In Orange County, the preference is to serve subdivisions with State-maintained <br />