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0 <br /> 1 <br /> ' OR AN G E C 0 U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 8, 1994 <br /> Action A enda <br /> Item # -� <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Section IV-B-3-d-1 ROADS (Private Road Justification Criteria) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Amendment Mary Willis <br /> Sketch of Example Subdivision Extension 2583 <br /> Draft 5/23/94 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> 6/20/94 Planning Board Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to the Subdivision <br /> Regulations which would include, as justification for a <br /> private road, the preservation of site features which <br /> preserve or enhance special or unique characteristics of <br /> the immediate area surrounding a proposed subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND: On March 20, 1994, the Planning Board considered an appeal <br /> of the Planning Staff decision regarding a requirement for <br /> a private road in a Minor Subdivision. The Planning Board <br /> acknowledged that maintaining a gravel road would be more <br /> in keeping with the unique characteristics of the property <br /> and the surrounding area than would a paved public road. <br /> The property is located adjacent to a church and cemetery <br /> and there is concern by the church that the access to the <br /> cemetery by a paved public road would encourage <br /> trespassing by youths, which has been a problem in the <br /> past. A sketch and description of the subdivision is <br /> attached. <br /> The private road justification criteria of the Subdivision <br /> Regulations do not include any criteria which would allow <br /> unique characteristics of the property and its <br /> surroundings to be taken into account. <br /> The Planning Board requested that the Ordinance Review <br /> Committee consider an amendment which would allow for <br /> specific characteristics of the neighborhood to be <br /> considered in determining whether a subdivision road will <br /> be public or private. The amendment is not proposed <br /> solely to address the subdivision discussed above. The <br /> subdivision does, however, provide an example of a <br />