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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 18, 2001 <br /> Action Agenda , <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Clarified Amendments to Orange County Private Road Subdivision <br /> Regulations: Section IV-13-3-d-1 and Appendix A Private Road Standards <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Y/N No <br /> INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): Craig Benedict, ext. 2592 <br /> 1. Sliding Scale Chart Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br /> 2. Ordinance Amending the Orange County <br /> Subdivision Regulations TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Section IV-B-3-d-1 (Private Roads) Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Appendix A. Private Road Standards Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> 3. Draft 7-11-01 Planning Board Minutes Durham 688-7331 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the Orange County Subdivision Regulafions, <br /> Section IV-B 3-d-1 Roads and Appendix A. Private Road Standards regarding justification for private road <br /> subdivisions of three or fewer lots and provisions for private road subdivisions with 60,000 sq. ft lots if the <br /> subdivision preserves 50%open space. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of County Commissioners and the Orange <br /> County Planning Board, at a public hearing on May 29, 2001, received comments on <br /> proposed amendments to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations. Proposed <br /> amendments to Section RI-B 3-d-1: <br /> 1. Clarify language pertaining to the intent and substance of private road justification for <br /> three-lot subdivisions (page 4); and <br /> 2. Provide justification for a private road to allow a zoning lot size of 60,000 sq. ft. in <br /> subdivisions that provide 50% open space (also known as Sliding Scale Open <br /> Space/Cluster Provision). The chart on page 10 demonstrates the benefits of the 60,000 <br /> sq. ft. lot with 50% open space option over other possible outcomes using a sliding scale. <br /> The proposed amendment starts on page 5. <br /> The proposed amendment to Appendix A. Private Road Standards (page 8)adds language to further <br /> clarify the differences between public and private roads. <br />