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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> • <br /> 306F REVERE ROAD 9 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br /> STAFF EVALUATION OF PRIVATE ROAD JUSTIFICATION <br /> SUBDIVISION: Durham Estates - Major Subdivision Concept Plan <br /> DATE: October 6, 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-E-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 /> (The state requirements to accept maintenance on a road <br /> is two houses per tenth of a mile with a minimum of 4 on <br /> a cul-de-sac. with the road configuration and number of <br /> lots proposed, the subdivision would meet the density <br /> requirement to be accepted by the state. ) <br /> 2 . The subdivision streets extend existing streets <br /> which are public; or <br /> (The subdivision streets do not extend existing public <br /> streets. ) <br /> 3. The subdivision roads are part of a development <br /> which is located 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 Urban or <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 street is not designated as an arterial or <br /> collector. The State maintained road that the private <br /> road will connect to is a collector road. ) <br />