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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 18, 2008 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Recommendation to NCDOT Concerning the Addition of Antler Point Road to the State Maintained Road System DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Map of Richardson Subdivision Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 Letter from C.N. Edwards, NCDOT Craig Benedict, 245-2592 Letter from Carrboro Zoning Department PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) concerning a petition to add Antler Point Road to the State Maintained Secondary Road System. BACKGROUND: Richardson Subdivision was approved by the Carrboro Board of Adjustment through the Special Use Permit process on December 2, 1987. Antler Point Road was originally platted and approved as a public road. Please refer to the attached letter from Carrboro staff. The plat designates Antler Point Road as a "Public R/W", and includes a stub out from the end of the cul-de-sac that is designated as a "future public right-of-way". The NCDOT District Engineer at that time signed a certificate on the plat stating that the road met NCDOT construction standards. Property owners within the subdivision (5 homes) have petitioned the NCDOT to accept maintenance responsibilities for Antler Point Road. Richardson Subdivision is located off the west side of Smith Level Road, Chapel Hill Township, in the Town of Carrboro's Extraterritorial Planning Jurisdiction, outside the municipal limits of the Town. This application meets the intent of criteria endorsed by the Board of County Commissioners for recommending acceptance of a public road into the State Maintained System for roads approved through the governing jurisdiction's major subdivision process. Those criteria are: 1. Right-of-way extended to allow connectivity; 2. Irons have been set at the edge of right-of-way to mark the corners of the lots; 3. Plat includes appropriate certificates of dedication of the right-of-way and acceptance of the public right-of-way signed by the appropriate entities. However, the subdivision was not subject to Orange County subdivision regulations, as the subdivision is Iodated in Carrboro's planning jurisdiction. The plat lacks the acceptance of the public right-of-way certificates signed by a governing body. The plat, approved in 1987, would not have contained that certificate if Orange County had reviewed it because that requirement was not included in Orange County's Subdivision Regulations until a 1990 amendment.