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2 <br /> . 19C <br /> • The above criteria would require a street network that provides for <br /> interconnected vehicular access from Seawel I School Road, through the <br /> properties in the area, back out to Seawel I School Road. The proposed <br /> subdivision should recognize Link Road as the southern leg of a looped <br /> street network and allow for a future connecting street extending north- <br /> ward through the residual track of the Lacy Burch Estate property. <br /> Approval of future development of the residual tract and/or adjacent <br /> properties should extend this connecting street back to Seawell School <br /> Road. Connecting streets could also be extended southward from Link Road <br /> to serve future development of the smaller properties located south of <br /> Link Road. The attached area map shows one way of providing such a <br /> street network. <br /> To allow for a street network serving the adjacent areas, the proposed <br /> subdivision should include redesignating Link Road as a public street <br /> and either dedicating a 50-foot-wide street right-of-way between Lots 2 <br /> and 3 or retaining a 50-foot-wide strip of land between Lots 2 and 3 as <br /> part of the residual tract. Although Town subdivision regulations would <br /> call for designation of a street layout for the entire Lacy Burch Estate <br /> property as part of this application, County regulations do not. We <br /> therefore recommend that at least the right-of-way or extension of the <br /> residual tract described above be provided as part of this subdivision. <br /> Allowance for the connecting street will require some realignment of the <br /> lot lines ' along Lots 2, 3 and 4, and the residual tract to ensure <br /> compliance with minimum lot size requirements. <br /> The Orange County Subdivision Ordinance calls for public streets to be <br /> constructed to NCDOT standards. Because it would form part of a street <br /> network having a collector-type function, we recommend that Link Road be <br /> improved to NCDOT standards for a residential collector road: a <br /> 20-foot-wide paved roadway with shoulders and drainage swales. Because <br /> this area is likely to be annexed by the Town in the near future, we <br /> would prefer that Link Road be improved to Town standards for a Local <br /> Class B street: a 27-foot-wide paved roadway, including curb-and-gutter. <br /> However; the Joint Planning Agreement specifies that Orange County <br /> regulations apply to this development. <br /> We do not recommend that the Link Road improvements be extended to the <br /> UNC property. The University railroad tracks form an appropriate <br /> boundary to the area and should not be traversed by local streets unless <br /> absolutely necessary. The UNC property has adequate access from other <br /> streets located east of the railroad tracks. Although an easement to the <br /> UNC property already exists, we recommend that the public right-of-way <br /> c:.;. and roadway be extended only as far eastward as necessary to provide <br /> Lot 4 with sufficient street frontage to .meet Orange County ordinance <br /> requirements (20 feet along Lot 4's frontage). In accord with County <br /> requirements, we recommend that Link Road have a T=turnaround at its <br /> eastern terminus. <br /> The applicant proposes that the subdivision's water and sewer needs be <br /> served by individual wells and septic tanks. The County Health <br /> Department has approved the proposed lots for wells and septic tanks. <br /> Asir <br />