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18 g� <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORANGE COUNTY <br /> SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS <br /> SECTION IV-B-3-d-1. ROADS AND <br /> APPENDIX A. ORANGE COUNTY PRIVATE ROAD STANDARDS <br /> THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY ORDAINS: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, SECTION IV-13-3-D-1. ROADS, PARAGRAPH <br /> BEGINNING THE MIDDLE OF PAGE 30-a REGARDING JUSTIFICTION OF PRIVATE ROADS IS AMENDED <br /> AS FOLLOWS: <br /> Private roads shall be deemed justified for a minor subdivision resulting in no more than <br /> three lots that either meets design feature 6. listed below or for which a statement <br /> prohibiting further subdivision of the resulting lots is included in a separate document to <br /> be recorded concurrently with the final plat In such subdivisions, a private access <br /> easement may be granted to allow an adjacent lot to access the private road in order to <br /> reduce the number of access points on a state secondary road <br /> SECTION IV-B-3-D-1. ROADS, PRIVATE ROAD JUSTIFICATION CRITERA IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: <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 /> in subdivisions. At a minimum, a private road may be justified if the subdivision meets <br /> standards of 1.a and at least two 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 according to <br /> the following standards: <br /> 1) for zoning districts having a minimum lot size of 40,000 square <br /> feet or less, all lots in the subdivision must be at least 80,000 <br /> square feet; <br /> 2) for zoning districts having a minimum lot size of 87,120 square <br /> feet (two acres), all lots must be at least 130,680 square feet <br /> (three acres); and <br /> 3) for all other cases, all lots must be at least five acres. <br /> 4) building setbacks in all districts must be at least twice those <br /> required by Orange County Zoning Ordinance. <br /> b. The retention and/or provision of landscaping and use of clustering <br /> of dwelling units to screen the view of the subdivision from public <br /> roads, maintain a wooded or forested character, maintain scenic <br /> views, or preserve wildlife, botanical, historic, archaeological and/or <br /> recreation sites; and/or <br /> g:Win Coln\pvtroads\ordain.doc\5-22-0004 <br />