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• • 2 Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Commissioner Carey to appoint Lula Mae Cotton to the Orange County Senior Citizens Board. VOTE; UNANIMOUS. pOMICILIARY HOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Chair Willhoit to appoint Linda Rahija to the Domiciliary Home Advisory Committee. VOTE; UNANIMOUS. G. ITEMS FOR DECIAION 5. INDIAN SPRINGS-PRELIMINARY Planner Susan Smith presented for consideration of approval the Preliminary Plan for Indian Springs Subdivision. The property is located on SR 1005 in Bingham Township. The tract is designated as Agricultural-Residential on the Land Use Plan. Twelve lots are proposed out of 20.14 acres. The property is zoned A-R. The applicant is requesting approval of a Class "B" private road with access to SR 1005, a road designated as an arterial street in the Land Use Plan. Susan Smith indicated the number of lots in the subdivision was used as a basis for recommending a public state maintained road. Robert Epting, attorney representing the applicant Tony Clark, stated the road will serve nine (9) lots. The guidelines of the Private Road Standards states that a Class "B" road may service 4-9 lots. The developer is trying to keep the cost low; a paved road would add approximately $3,000 to the cost of each lot. The road would serve other lots for which no remuneration would be received. He asked that the Board approve the subdivision and all the conditions recommended by the Planning Board with condition #5 changed to read that the access be shared without any reimbursement for maintenance. Epting questioned how to stipulate a requirement that when development occurs on the adjacent tract that the developer participate in maintenance costs. Susan Smith explained that the tract adjacent to the proposed subdivision is essentially a mirror image and has less than 400 feet of frontage. It makes sense to use just the one road instead of having two roads so close together. Geoffrey Gledhill suggested a requirement be imposed on the subdivision which would require the owners of the adjacent property to agree to pay for maintenance of the road to the same degree as the original subdivision and would allow only one access to the development. He expressed concern about additional use of a private road versus construction of a public road built to state standards. Epting offered as a compromise that the road be constructed to the width of a Class "A" road along the portion subject to the most use Gledhill noted that under present agreements, the development which triggers the upgrading of the class of road, pays for the improvements. Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Marshall to approve the recommendations of the Planning Board (listed below) with the addition to number four that 433.54 feet of the road from the entrance at SR 1005 to the point where it turns off be expanded to Class "A" width with the intent that that portion be upgraded to state-maintained standards at the point when the adjoining property is developed. Commissioner Carey questioned how the new owners would be informed of these restrictions. Epting questioned the mechanism for requiring new developers to upgrade and pay for a portion of the maintenance costs. Gledhill clarified that the road would be maintained by the owners whether the road is public or private until the state accepts the road for maintenance. Chair Willhoit requested that the attorney provide the wording for #5 so that the Road Maintenance Agreement include the stipulation for widening the initial portion of 433.54' to Class "A" standards with the intent that it be brought up to state standards when the adjoining property is developed.