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Article 7: Subdivisions <br /> Section 7.8: Access and Roadways <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 7-13 <br /> <br />(G) Those lots with land area divided by a public road right-of-way prior to October 3, 1988 <br />shall not be further subdivided in a manner which creates any additional lots with divided <br />area. <br />(G)(H) The regulations of section 7.7.4 do not apply to flag lots which contain Common Open <br />Space. For the purpose of these standards, properties created as shall not be <br />considered flag lots22 <br />SECTION 7.8: ACCESS AND ROADWAYS <br />7.8.1 Streets and Common Open Space – General Standards <br />(A) Consistency with Comprehensive Plan <br />(1) The provision of street rights-of-way shall conform to and meet the requirements <br />of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />(2) Reservation for or dedication of street rights-of-way for future transportation <br />facilities proposed in the adopted Comprehensive Plan shall be required where <br />appropriate. <br />(3) A subdivider shall not be required to provide or dedicate right-of-way for a <br />proposed street to which access would be prohibited by any governmental <br />agency. <br />(B) Compliance with Approved Access Management Plans and Studies <br />(1) Subdivision of land abutting a roadway for which the Board of County <br />Commissioners has approved recommendations from a plan or corridor study is <br />subject to provisions of the approved corridor plan or study. <br />(a) In such cases, the subdivider/landowner shall provide any <br />improvements or other means to ensure construction recommended in <br />such plan or corridor study. Such improvements may include facilities <br />for bicycles, sidewalks, and public transportation. <br />(b) The subdivider, in cases where the recommendations address access <br />management, shall use design elements recommended in the plan or <br />corridor study to reduce conflict points. <br />(2) Policies prescribed in Phase V of the Access Management Awareness Project <br />and Report, or other adopted studies of strategies, shall be considered during <br />subdivision and site plan review to assess access management and other <br />corridor design considerations. <br />(C) Coordinated Street System <br />(1) All subdivisions shall have a coordinated street system with public or private <br />streets that access a public municipal street or a public State maintained street in <br />accordance with the following: <br />(a) Public street rights-of-way shall abut adjacent properties as necessary <br />to provide connectivity to the countywide transportation network; and <br />(b) Lot access to streets serving the subdivision shall be limited in the <br />case of streets that provide a link between two or more roads <br />designated in the Comprehensive Plan as arterials or collectors. <br /> <br />22 Technically an open space lot is not intended for development and does not face the same road and utility  <br />access issues as a parcel intended for development purposes.  There is no need for the same standard to be  <br />observed.  <br /> 178