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cv, <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSISONERS <br /> AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 15, 2000 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Amendment to Orange County Private Road Standards <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Proposed Amendments to the Orange County Karen Lincoln Ext. 2594 <br /> SubdAdsion Regulations Craig Benedict Ext. 2592 <br /> 2. Draft February 28, 2000 Public Hearing Minutes. TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 3. April 5, 2000 Planning Board Minutes. <br /> 4. May 4, 2000 Planning Board Minutes Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> 5. Ordinance Amending Subdivision Regulations Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane (336)227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To decide on proposed amendments to the Orange County SubdAdsim Regina dons,regarding <br /> private roads(Section IV-B 3-d—1 and APPENDIX A ORANGE COUNTY PRIVATE ROAD STANDARDS). <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Request Orange County Administration and Planning staff propose changes to Secfion <br /> IV-B-3-d-1 and Appendix A ORANGE COUNTY PRIVATE ROAD STANDARDS t7. <br /> • clarify criteria for private road justification; <br /> • reduce to 10 (from 25) the maximum number of lots allowed on a private road; <br /> • delete the provision for a Class C Private Road; and <br /> • require that a NC Professional Engineer approve the construction of the private <br /> road in accordance with sound engineering practices (delete provision allowing a <br /> Professional Surveyor to certify private road construction). <br /> Location The amendments, if adopted, will apply to the entirety of Orange County lying outside <br /> the municipalities and their extra-territorial jurisdictions and the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Joint <br /> Planning Transition Areas. <br /> Existing and Proposed Conditions <br /> Existing: Section IV-B 3-d-1 <br /> • Seven criteria "considered" for justification of private roads; <br /> among those criteria, <br /> • provision of"significantly greater" (than required by ordinance): <br /> o lot sizes and building setbacks; <br /> o dedication or preservation of recreation, open space containing significant sites; <br /> o in a protected watershed, increased stream buffers & reduced Impervious surface. <br />