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13 <br />3. The subdivision roads are part of a <br />development which is located in an area <br />designated as Urban or Transition on the <br />Orange County Comprehensive Plan; or <br />(The subdivision is not located in a <br />designated Transition Area.) <br />4. A proposed street is designated as an <br />arterial or collector street on an <br />approved Thoroughfare Plan for a <br />municipality or in the Orange County <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />(The proposed road is neither an arterial nor <br />a collector.) <br />Provided, however, private roads may be <br />allowed in a subdivision where, in the <br />judgment of the Planning Board and with the <br />approval of the Board of County Commissioners, <br />it is found that the nature and location of <br />the subdivision are such that a private road <br />is justified. <br />(The road is located in the Rural <br />the minimum lot size is 2 acres. <br />in the University Lake Watershed <br />minimum lot size is 5 acres when <br />new lots are created and there i <br />impervious surface areas.) <br />Buffer where <br />it is also <br />where the <br />more than 5 <br />s a limit on <br />In determining whether to permit private roads <br />in subdivisions, the following design features <br />will be considered: <br />1. The location and design of the <br />subdivision is such that it clearly <br />preserves the rural character of the <br />County through: <br />a. The provision of lot sizes and <br />building setback lines greater than <br />required by ordinance provisions; <br />(The building setbacks shown on the <br />preliminary plan are the minimum required, <br />but some are greater than those allowed in a <br />cluster subdivision. Because the subdivision <br />was submitted as a cluster, the lot sizes are <br />smaller [about 50 %] than the 2 -acre minimum <br />size with the reductions in lot sizes <br />preserved in open space.) <br />