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155 <br /> COLEMAN, BERNHOLZ, DICKERSON, L <br /> BERNHOLZ, GLEDHILL Ez HARGRAVE <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW ` 7 +,-; Drill <br /> P.O. DRAWER 1529 ►`5`$3 <br /> 129 E. TRYON ST. <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. 27278 <br /> 919-732-2196 <br /> 919-942-8000 <br /> CHAPEL HILL OFFICE January 4 , 1988 <br /> SUITE 20,FRANKLIN BUILDING <br /> 137 E. FRANKLIN STREET <br /> CHAPEL HILL, N.C.27514 <br /> 919-929-7151 <br /> ALONZO B.COLEMAN,JR <br /> STEVEN A.BERNHOLZ <br /> DONALD R DICKERSON <br /> ROGER B. BERNHOLZ <br /> GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL Mr. Marvin Collins <br /> DOUGLAS HARGRAVE Director <br /> C. NICHOLAS HERMAN <br /> KIM K.STEFFAN Orange County Planning Department <br /> NATHANIEL E.CLEMENTS 306F Revere Road <br /> MARILYN ELLISON <br /> Hillsborough , North Carolina 27278 <br /> Of Counsel <br /> BONNER D.SAWYER <br /> (19024972) Re : Subdivision Requirements - Restrictive <br /> Covenants <br /> Dear Marvin : <br /> This letter is a follow up to our December <br /> 31 , 1987 meeting concerning the relationship between <br /> restrictive covenants and subdivision review and <br /> approval . Generally speaking the County has no role in <br /> the exaction or enforcement of restrictive covenants . <br /> There are , by definition, agreements among private <br /> parties . <br /> The County ' s subdivision regulations ( Section <br /> IV-B-3-d ) permit private roads in a subdivision when in <br /> the judgment of the County it is determined that <br /> private roads are justified. In making that <br /> determination the County should be looking for <br /> subdivisions which, among other things , "preserve a <br /> natural area through deed restrictions and special <br /> design features . " To satisfy that requirement , a <br /> developer could propose a private road subdivision with <br /> restrictive covenants which both limit lot size and <br /> prohibit future subdivision of the lots . The County <br /> then can approve the private road subdivision as <br /> proposed by the developer , imposing those conditions <br /> proposed by the developer. <br /> Unless the subdivision regulations create <br /> some other standard ( such as a public road standard ) <br /> which can be varied upon the development ' s meeting <br /> certain conditions ( such as special design features as <br /> part of a private road subdivision ) there is no <br /> ordinance basis for imposing deed restrictions or <br />