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080 1 <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date April 4 1988 <br /> Action gra <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> (SECTION IV-B-3-c-8 - ACCESS RESTRICTIONS) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Proposed Amendments <br /> Draft 2-22-88 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> Draft 3-21-88 Planning Board Minutes <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to Section IV-B-3-c-8 <br /> of the Subdivision Regulations which set forth <br /> circumstances where access restrictions apply in new <br /> subdivisions . <br /> This item was presented at public hearing on February <br /> 22, 1988 . <br /> BACKGROUND: As land along major County highways develops, both the <br /> amount of traffic on such highways and the number of <br /> driveways increases . The result is increasing <br /> conflicts between vehicles turning into and exiting <br /> from driveways and through traffic. The conflicts <br /> create safety problems and could lead to eventual <br /> widening of the highways as a means of resolving the <br /> problems. <br /> Increasing concerns about the effects of driveways on <br /> major highways in Orange County prompted the Planning <br /> Board to draft proposals which would strengthen access <br /> restrictions for parcels of land created during the <br /> subdivision review and approval process. During the <br /> process, the number and location of driveway locations <br /> could be controlled. Alternatively, lot <br />