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O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 21 1992 1 Action A enda Item #%3. SUBJECT: REPORT-ON TANGLEWOOD ACRES SUBDIVISION: COMPLAINT OF KHYE WENG NG DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x —No ATTACHMENT(S): 11/14/91 Memorandum to Board- of Commissioners Tanglewood Acres Resolution of Approval INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Scearbo Extension 2583 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Durham - 688 -7331 Mebane - 227 -2031 Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 PURPOSE: To provide the Board with information on the appropriate course of action in response to a complaint concerning a condition of Preliminary Plat approval. BACKGROUND: Guat Cheng Ng appeared before the Board of Commissioners on December 17, 1991 seeking relief from a condition of Preliminary Plat approval for Tanglewood Subdivision. The Board of Commissioners referred the item back to the Planning Staff for review and a recommendation for further action. Summary of Case History The Tanglewood Acres Subdivision was approved by the Board of Commissioners on June 26, 1990. One of the roads in the subdivision was required to be improved to NCDOT standards for unpaved roads. The road was improved only to Class B private road standards. The applicant is seeking relief from further improving the road to the standards required in the Resolution of Approval. The justification presented by the applicant for relaxing the requirement has focused on statements to the surveyor by NCDOT that no construction standards for unpaved roads existed. The Planning Staff believes that a logical response would have been to return to the approving agency to ask what standards should be applied. However, the staff was not made