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031 • ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date May 6. 1985 Actionlrnda Item W SUBJECT: AMEND ORANGE COUNTY PRIVATE ROAD STANDARDS TO ELIMINATE REQUIREMENT FOR ROAD SIGN ON ROADS LESS THAN 500 FEET DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC BEARING Yes _11. No • Attachment(s) Information Contact: Janet Van Handel Orange County Private Road Keith Rosemond Standards -Page 1 & Page 5 Draft April 15, 1985 Planning Board Minutes Telephone numbers Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 PURPOSE: To amend Orange County Private Road Standards to eliminate the requirement for a road sign on Class C roads less than 500 feet in length. To receive the Planning Board's recommendation to delete this requirement. NEED: Since the revision of the Private Road Standards on July 5, 1981, Class C private roads under 500' do not have to be constructed or inspected by the Planning Department, However, a road sign is still required. The citizen is often required • to purchase a sign at a cost of $50 to $75 for a road that is never constructed. In most cases, the road sign is never erected. If we would require erection of the sign, it often would not indicate where a road .is located, but would be placed by a woods or field. This expense has been major complaint of citizens over the past nineteen months and it is difficult for staff to justify this requirement. When the Private Road Standards were reviewed by the Planning Board in July, 1983, there ws a discussion of road signs needed for Class C roads under 500 feet, At that time, the Board decided to require road signs on all, private roads. Since then staff experience has indicated a need to bring this requirement before the Board for reconsideration.