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10 <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 AIR zoning district <br />where the minimum residential Iot size is <br />0.92 acre. It is also in the Cane Creek <br />Protected Watershed where impervious surface <br />is limited. In this rural area of the county, <br />most of the subdivision roads are unpaved.) <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 />(Lot 1 -A is 1.08 acre larger than the minimum <br />required; lot 1 -B is 0.82 acre larger than <br />the minimum required. Setbacks are the <br />minimum required.) <br />b. The retention and /or provision of <br />landscaping and use of clustering of <br />dwelling units to screen the view of <br />the subdivision from public roads <br />and /or maintain a wooded or forested <br />character; <br />(The site is approximately half wooded. Addi- <br />tional landscaping is proposed to meet the <br />Subdivision Regulations standards. No <br />clustering of units is proposed.) <br />C. The maintenance of scenic views, <br />