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• <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> 306F REVERE ROAD 9 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br /> STAFF EVALUATION OF PRIVATE ROAD JUSTIFICATION <br /> SUBDIVISION: Falling Cedars - Major Subdivision <br /> Preliminary Plan <br /> DATE: July 11, 1989 <br /> The standards contained in the Subdivision Regulations pertaining to <br /> public and private roads are listed below. The Planning Staff comment <br /> regarding each is provided in italics. <br /> IV-B-3-d-1. Roads - Public roads are generally required in all <br /> subdivisions and will be required where it is found <br /> that: <br /> 1. The subdivision roads, if constructed to State <br /> standards, would be accepted by the State for <br /> maintenance due to density or other State <br /> requirement; or <br /> (A cul-de-sac must provide ingress and egress for at <br /> least 4 occupied residences before it may be accepted by <br /> the State for maintenance. When 4 of the 8 lots which <br /> access the private road are developed, the minimum <br /> required density will be met. ) <br /> 2. The subdivision streets extend existing streets <br /> which are public; or <br /> (The subdivision road does not extend an existing <br /> street. ) <br /> 3. The subdivision roads are part of a development <br /> which is boated in an area designated as Urban or <br /> Transition on the Orange County Comprehensive Plan; <br /> or <br /> (The subdivision is not located in a designated <br /> Transition Area. ) <br /> 4. A proposed street is designated as an arterial or <br /> collector street on an approved Thoroughfare Plan <br /> for a municipality or in the Orange County <br /> Comprehensive Plan. <br /> (The proposed road is neither an arterial or collector; <br /> however, Dodsons Crossroads [SR 1102] is a collector. ) <br />