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14 <br /> 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 APRIL 5,2000 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 MEMBERS PRESENT: Leo Allison(Chair),Karen Barrows,Nicole Gooding-Ray,Crauford <br /> 6 Goodwin, Barry Katz,Howard McAdams,Jr., Rachel Preston,James <br /> 7 Selkirk,Bob Strayhorn,and Runyon Woods <br /> 8 <br /> 9 MEMBERS ABSENT: Lynne Holtkamp, Onie Lea(excused) <br /> 10 <br /> 11 STAFF PRESENT: Craig N.Benedict(Planning Director),Planners Robert Davis and Eddie <br /> 12 Kirk,Christina Moon, Karen Lincoln,and Administrative Assistant <br /> 13 Joanna Bradshaw <br /> 14 <br /> 15 AGENDA ITEM#1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Chair Allison called the meeting to order. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 AGENDA ITEM#2: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA <br /> 20 <br /> 21 There were no additions to the agenda. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 AGENDA ITEM#3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES-March 1,2000 <br /> 24 <br /> 25 MOTION: Strayhorn moved approval of the March 1,2000 Orange County Planning Board <br /> 26 minutes. Seconded by Barrows. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br /> 30 a. Orange County Private Road Standards <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Lincoln made the presentation. The proposal is to reduce the maximum number of lots allowed on private <br /> 33 roads. Currently,the maximum number of lots allowed on a private road is 25, and the staff would like to <br /> 34 reduce it to ten. There are three classifications of private roads-C has one to three lots,B has four to <br /> 35 nine lots,and anything over ten is A. The staff is doing away with class C,and is proposing that class B <br /> 36 have one to five lots. The staff is also proposing to lower the travel way width from 12 feet to ten feet. <br /> 37 Class A would have six to ten lots and would be an 18-foot travel way. More than ten lots would be <br /> 38 allowed on the private road if some natural resource or rural characteristic was enhanced. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Barrows asked whom the developer would go to in order to contest the ruling. Lincoln said that the <br /> 41 developer would go to the boards. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Benedict said that the maximum number of lots on a private road has been addressed clearly in the rural <br /> 44 preservation standards. The approval process would be the same as it is currently. He said that after ten <br /> 45 lots on a private road,there would have to be some significant natural feature enhanced by the private <br /> 46 road to allow any additional lots. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Strayhorn said that he does not totally agree with making exceptions. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Lincoln read the list of exceptions for justifying a private road with more than 10 lots. <br /> 51 <br /> 52 Allison also has a problem with making exceptions and reducing the travel way for a class B road. <br />