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7.8.1 Streets — General Standards <br />(A) <br />(B) <br />(C) <br />Attachment 2 Article 7: Subdivisions 12 <br />Section 7.8: Access and Roadways <br />Consistency with Comprehensive Plan <br />(1) The provision of street rights -of -way shall conform to and meet the requirements <br />of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />(2) Reservation for or dedication of street rights -of -way for future transportation <br />facilities proposed in the adopted Comprehensive Plan shall be required where <br />appropriate. <br />(3) A subdivider shall not be required to provide or dedicate right -of -way for a <br />proposed street to which access would be prohibited by any governmental <br />agency. <br />Compliance with Approved Access Management Plans and Studies <br />(1) Subdivision of land abutting a roadway for which the Board of County <br />Commissioners has approved recommendations from a plan or corridor study is <br />subject to provisions of the approved corridor plan or study. <br />(a) In such cases, the subdivider shall provide any improvements or other <br />means to ensure construction recommended in such plan or corridor <br />study. Such improvements may include facilities for bicycles, sidewalks, <br />and public transportation. <br />(b) The subdivider, in cases where the recommendations address access <br />management, shall use design elements recommended in the plan or <br />corridor study to reduce conflict points. <br />(2) Policies prescribed in Phase V of the Access Management Awareness Project <br />and Report, or other adopted studies of strategies, shall be considered during <br />subdivision and site plan review to assess access management and other <br />corridor design considerations. <br />Coordinated Street System <br />(1) All subdivisions shall have a coordinated street system with public or private <br />streets that access a public municipal street or a public State maintained street in <br />accordance with the following: <br />(a) Public street rights -of -way shall abut adjacent properties as necessary to <br />provide connectivity to the countywide transportation network; and <br />(b) Lot access to streets serving the subdivision shall be limited in the case <br />of streets that provide a link between two or more roads designated in <br />the Comprehensive Plan as arterials or collectors. <br />(c) All subdivisions shall have at least one street that intersects with or joins <br />a public municipal street, or a public State maintained street. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 7 -12 <br />