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Article 7: Subdivisi9i <br /> Section 7.8:Access and Roadways <br /> Those lots with land area divided by a public road right-of-way prior to October 3, 1988 <br /> shall not be further subdivided in a manner which creates any additional lots with divided <br /> area. <br /> {6}(H) The regulations of section 7.7.4 do not apply to flag lots which contain Common Open <br /> Space. - •= -- ee = - •= = _•e_ e , - --=• = - =- =- - •- •- -= <br /> considered flag lots 2 <br /> SECTION 7.8: ACCESS AND ROADWAYS <br /> 7.8.1 Streets and Common Open Space—General Standards <br /> (A) Consistency with Comprehensive Plan <br /> (1) The provision of street rights-of-way shall conform to and meet the equirements <br /> of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br /> (2) Reservation for or dedication of street rights-of-way for future ransportation <br /> facilities proposed in the adopted Comprehensive Plan sh. be required where <br /> appropriate. <br /> (3) A subdivider shall not be required to provide or dedic. e right-of-way for a <br /> •roposed street to which access would be prohibit-. by any governmental <br /> a.-ncy. <br /> (B) Compliance ith Approved Access Management P ans and Studies <br /> (1) Subdivis in of land abutting a roadway for - hich the Board of County <br /> Commissi.lers has approved recomme►dations from a plan or corridor study is <br /> subject to pre isions of the approved •rridor plan or study. <br /> (a) In suc cases, the subdi der/landowner shall provide any <br /> improve •ents or other eans to ensure construction recommended in <br /> such plan • corrido tudy. Such improvements may include facilities <br /> for bicycles, ..ew:lks, and public transportation. <br /> (b) The subdivider i cases where the recommendations address access <br /> managemen , shal se design elements recommended in the plan or <br /> corridor st,•y to redu.- conflict points. <br /> (2) Policies prescrib-• in Phase V of t - Access Management Awareness Project <br /> and Report, or her adopted studies of strategies, shall be considered during <br /> subdivision -'d site plan review to asse access management and other <br /> corridor design considerations. <br /> (C) Coordinated S eet System <br /> (1) All s.'divisions shall have a coordinated street s tem with public or private <br /> st -ets that access a public municipal street or a public State maintained street in <br /> accordance with the following: <br /> (a) Public street rights-of-way shall abut adjacent • operties as necessary <br /> to provide connectivity to the countywide transpo .tion network; and <br /> (b) Lot access to streets serving the subdivision shall be •mited in the <br /> case of streets that provide a link between two or more oads <br /> designated in the Comprehensive Plan as arterials or colt_ tors. <br /> 22 Technically an open space lot is not intended for development and does not face the same road and utility <br /> access issues as a parcel intended for development purposes. There is no need for the same standard to be <br /> observed. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 7-13 <br />