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Approved May 3, 2000 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AND <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> February 28,2000 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board met on Monday, <br /> February 28, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. in the Judge Gordon F. Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. and Commissioners Margaret W. <br /> Brown,Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis, and Barry Jacobs <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Karen Barrows and members Barry Katz, Howard <br /> McAdams, Theresa Nicole Gooding-Ray, Onie Lea, Lynne Holtkamp, Runyon Woods, Rachel Preston, Leo <br /> Allison, James Selkirk, and Robert Strayhorn <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Planning Director Craig Benedict <br /> and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe(all other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE <br /> KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br /> A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br /> Chair Carey welcomed everyone t9 the meeting. He said that Planning Board Chair Karen Barrows <br /> would be introducing each item on the agenda. <br /> B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Chair Carey dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br /> 1. Oran-go County Subdivision Regulations Text Amendments <br /> Planning Director Craig Benedict said that these items have been proposed by the staff based <br /> on Board of County Commissioners'goals and Planning Board discussions over the last six months. He said <br /> that at every quarterly public hearing additional steps would be taken for the preparation of the County's <br /> comprehensive plan by bringing forth regulations that go with the comprehensive plan. He said that tonight's <br /> public hearing would address two general areas: subdivision regulations and transportation issues of the <br /> comprehensive plan. He said that the staff is in the process of creating a unified land development code so <br /> that ail of the information about zoning, subdivisions, and economic development districts will be in one book. <br /> a. Section III-B,Classlflcation of Subdivisions <br /> b. Section fill-D-1 Concept Plan Approval in all Zoning Districts Except the Rural Buffer. <br /> c. Section 111-0-2 Concept Plan Approval in the Rural Buffer. <br /> d. (non-Vehicular Access). <br /> e. Section 11 DEFINITIONS. <br /> f. <br /> Appendix A Orange County Private Road Standards <br /> Craig Benedict made reference to private road standards and said that the staff is suggesting a <br /> decrease in the amount of lots that are allowed on a private road from a 25-lot maximum to a 10-lot <br /> maximum. He described the negative things that have occurred as a result of the 25-lot maximum regulation <br /> for private roads. <br /> Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Orange County private road standards and asked <br /> what would happen to existing private roads if someone wanted to put a house on an existing lot or split the <br /> lot into two lots. <br /> Craig Benedict said that each of the subdivisions that have private road standards has <br /> something in their homeowner's association documents that address additional lots being subdivided on the <br /> road. In some cases, the cost is borne by the subdivision. <br />