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ORANGE COUNTY 167 <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1 <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 29, 1990 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # N�3 °- <br />SUBJECT: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENT <br />SECTION IV -B -5 -d FLAG LOTS <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING _ X Yes No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Amendment <br />Illustration of Flag Lots <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Mary Scearbo ext. 2583 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment on a proposed <br />the criteria used in permitting the cre+ <br />• BACKGROUND: Flag lots (see attached diagram) may <br />eliminate access onto an arterial or <br />irregularly shaped, contains slopes, <br />available for septic disposal. <br />amendment to expand <br />ation of flag lots. <br />be created only to <br />to use land which is <br />or has limited area <br />Many subdivisions submitted to the Planning Department <br />involve the creation of a private road easement to provide <br />access to a single lot. The total time and cost involved <br />in the subdivision approval process significantly <br />increase when new roads are required. <br />The proposed amendment would allow a flag lot to be <br />created if a road easement would not be used for access to <br />any other lot, and any future extension of the road would <br />be unlikely. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the proposed <br />amendment referred to the Planning Board for <br />recommendation. <br />