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6 <br /> Thisis to be _ erpected, since the cost of road ilaprovements tends <br /> to be the single most costly item for developments in Orance <br /> County . klso to be expected is a continuation of requests for <br /> orHvate roads in situations where tney are not adequately <br /> 7usti'ied, regardless of any chances to the 'Iustification <br /> a which may be approved . <br /> Nonetheless , recognition of cost and other issues which have <br /> ar' sen in recent months prompts a rev' = "" n7 of the existing <br /> criteria , The subdivisions in which road issues are especially <br /> problematic tend to be relatively small , and the roads relatively <br /> short. Based on the historical lac): of any known problems with <br /> the maintenance or negative impacts of private roads in such <br /> subd' visions , the potential for future problems with maintenance <br /> is considered by the planning staff to be negligible. The <br /> "developer" in many cases is the property owner , who typically <br /> has fewer resources at hand to apply to the development of the <br /> property , and the cost difference between a public and private <br /> road is great enough to prohibit subdividing altogether . <br /> The proposed amendment seeks to expand the private road <br /> justification criteria where the potential present and future <br /> physical impacts of a private road remain within acceptable <br /> limits. Cost issues are recognized as an underlying concern, <br /> but it is not recommended that private roads be allowed strictly <br /> cm the basis of affordability of lots , as is sometimes sugoested. <br /> Even if affordability could be guaranteed through contracts or <br /> other means , such a criteria would have the overall effect of <br /> providing a lower quality of development for lower-income home- <br /> buyers , with little connection to the physical impacts of the <br /> road itself . <br /> Restriction of Further Subdivision <br /> Another problematic aspect of the current regulations is the <br /> prohibition against further subdivision of lots approved with <br /> private road access . <br /> Cf the 100 minor subdivisions approved in 1992 , 91 were <br /> submitted by "citizen" subdividers as opposed to "developers" . <br /> Some of these subdivisions included larce lots which cannot be <br /> further subdivided based on this restriction, even when further <br /> subdivision could occur which would very clearly meet private <br /> road justification criteria. In fact, the "no further <br /> subdivision" restriction does not allow for these lots to be <br /> further subdivided, even if a public road is constructed, without <br /> ti •.pproval of all of the lot owners within the original <br /> This is because the subdivision restriction is put <br /> on record, and can only be changed with approval of those who <br /> bought lots with that understanding. This effect seems contrary <br /> to the desire to encourage public roads , in that the creation of <br /> additional lots , it allowed, may require an upgrade to public <br /> standards. Another effect of this provision is that it places a <br /> greater emphasis on timing and Process than on final result. <br />
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