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21 <br /> Adjournment time was reached . <br /> MOTION: Yuhasz moved to extend the meeting for <br /> completion of the agenda. Seconded by Lewis. <br /> VOTE : Unanimous. <br /> AGENDA ITEM /8: Reports <br /> Mr . Geoffrey Gledhill , County Attorney <br /> ( Public/Private Road issues ) <br /> Mr. Gledhill began his report stating he felt <br /> that in time, the type of roads allowed in the <br /> County would become a much more significant . <br /> issue. He continued that those things being <br /> done in Joint planning and comprehensive' <br /> planning would cover everything except the <br /> issue of roads. He indicated there is no scheme <br /> in the plan to cover roads. <br /> Mr. Gledhill stated : "Road planning needs to be <br /> higher on the agenda - of things that need to be <br /> done in the County on a comprehensive planning <br /> basis. I suppose that my ranking It so high <br /> has some selfish aspects in that I see the road <br /> issue as being a nightmare administratively as <br /> opposed to a nightmare aesthetically which <br /> could happen if some of the other comprehensive <br /> planning issues are not taken care of . It's <br /> the administrative nightmare and the problems <br /> associated with what to do with all the private <br /> roads or public roads that are not under state <br /> maintenance, things that twenty years from now <br /> the County Commissioners will have to be <br /> dealing with. I will give you a little <br /> historical picture of the origination of the <br /> Private Road Standards and the County <br /> Ordinance. Until recently there were no <br /> private road standards in the County <br /> Subdivision Regulations. In 1979 a need was <br /> perceived to permit, under certain <br /> circumstances, private roads. The efforts were <br /> undertaken to create a system by which the <br /> County would permit private road subdivisions. <br /> When the present scheme associated with private <br /> roads was adopted by the County, it is very <br /> clear to me that the legislative history of all <br /> that was that the standard in Orange County <br /> was: when you subdivided property the lots <br /> fronted on public roads. However, under <br /> certain circumstances, the County would permit <br /> a private road and in that process, the burden <br /> is on the developer to establish the <br /> entitlement to a variation of the public road <br /> standard . There are some significant merits, I <br /> guess, or some good reasons for not having all <br />