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2 <br />Ashwick Subdivision is located in the Efland- Mebane corridor, north of US 70, west of <br />Efland -Cedar Grove Road and east of Richmond Road (Attachment 1). There are two final <br />plats recorded for the subdivision. The final plat for Phases 1 & 2 was recorded on <br />December 27, 2002; and the final plat for Phases 3 & 4 was recorded on July 3, 2006 <br />(Attachment 2). The roads in Ashwick are private roads in the interim, but pursuant to the <br />adopted subdivision, intended to be public roads when conditions meet NCDOT <br />maintenance responsibility and ownership criteria and therefore were constructed to public <br />road standards. <br />A total of 0.80 mile of roads in the subdivision, providing access for 44 lots, is being <br />petitioned for addition to the State Maintained Secondary Road System. All roads have a <br />right -of -way width of 50 feet, and a pavement width ranging from 18 to 20 feet. All of the <br />roads are located in Orange County's zoning and subdivision jurisdiction. The <br />developer /homeowners have built and maintained the roadway to a public road standard. <br />NCDOT has investigated this request and has submitted a petition to the Board of County <br />Commissioners (BOCC) for its recommendation (Attachment 3). <br />Straywick Court <br />There is one cul -de -sac in Ashwick Subdivision that has not been included for addition to <br />the State Maintained Secondary Road System — Straywick Court. The homeowners <br />association proposed the cul -de -sac for public road dedication, but it was denied. NCDOT <br />states that Straywick Court does not meet the following requirement that must be satisfied <br />for addition of subdivision streets to the State system: <br />• There must be at least two occupied residences for each one tenth of a mile. A <br />minimum of four occupied homes is required for the addition of roads less than two <br />tenths of a mile in length. If four occupied homes are not served, it will be <br />considered a private drive. An exception may be made if a cul -de -sac less than two <br />tenths of a mile in length serves at least four platted lots, and has four occupied <br />homes that abut the road. A minimum of two homes must have primary access to <br />the cul -de -sac. <br />Per Chuck Edwards, NCDOT District Engineer, the following is a summary of NCDOT's <br />actions relative to Straywick Court: <br />In December 2001, the NCDOT District 7 office reviewed and approved the <br />Ashwick Subdivision street construction plans. As part of this review, staff is <br />required to confirm that sufficient buildable lots are present to meet the above <br />requirements. The approved plan in 2001 indicated that Straywick Court served <br />four (4) lots, thus satisfying the requirement. In June of 2006, the developer <br />presented a plat to the District 7 office for review and certification of minimum <br />NCDOT standards. Upon review, staff noted that the number of residential lots <br />shown abutting Straywick Court had been reduced to three (3). District staff <br />notified the developer that this configuration did not meet the above requirements <br />