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Approved 10/8/14 <br />4 <br /> 162 <br />Andrea Rohrbacher: I have the same question Lisa had about the feasibly of access to the buffer area. 163 <br /> 164 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: I think it is interesting on this fire pond, putting an open space area, you are taking this thing that is 165 <br />nice and required, a pond and giving it an opportunity to make a nice open space area with a water feature. 166 <br /> 167 MOTION by Lisa Stuckey to approve the proposal as presented in our packet. Seconded by Tony Blake. 168 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 169 <br /> 170 <br /> 171 AGENDA ITEM 8: MAJOR SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAT: To review and make a decision on a Major 172 <br />Subdivision Preliminary Plat application. Stroud’s Creek located southwest of the intersection 173 <br />of NC Highway 57 and Stroud’s Creek Road. The Plan is consistent with the Concept Plan 174 <br />Flexible Design Option reviewed and approved by the Planning Board in June 2014. The 175 <br />Preliminary Plat calls for 14 single family residential lots on a 25.33 acre tract. 17.21 acres 176 <br />(67.96%) of the site is reserved for primary and secondary open space. 177 Presenter: Patrick Mallett, Planner II. 178 <br /> 179 <br />Patrick Mallett Reviewed abstract. 180 <br /> 181 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: Are there any questions or comments? 182 <br /> 183 MOTION by Tony Blake to approve this application. Seconded by Laura Nicholson. 184 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 185 <br /> 186 <br /> 187 AGENDA ITEM 9: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE PRIVATE ROAD AND ACCESS STANDARDS: To receive 188 <br />information about a current multi-department advisory board project involving the review of 189 <br />private road and access standards and to receive the Board’s comments. 190 <br />Presenter: Abigaile Pittman, Transportation and Land Use Planner 191 <br /> 192 <br />Abigaile Pittman presented abstract. 193 <br /> 194 <br />Lisa Stuckey: Would the pullover roads apply just to 18 foot wide roads? 195 <br /> 196 <br />Abigaile Pittman: It would apply to any one way road. 197 <br /> 198 <br />Paul Guthrie: What is the definition of a private road? 199 <br /> 200 <br />Abigaile Pittman: One that is not accepted for public maintenance. Not built to public maintenance standards. 201 <br /> 202 <br />Paul Guthrie: There are no use standards or number of properties attached to define it; it has to do strictly with the 203 <br />shape and construction of the road. 204 <br /> 205 <br />Abigaile Pittman: Yes. 206 <br /> 207 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: A private road is one that NCDOT does not maintain. 208 <br /> 209 <br />Paul Guthrie: Any existing non-public road servicing more than one household is grandfathered until an effort is 210 <br />made to do some sort of planning development. 211 <br /> 212 <br />Abigaile Pittman: The new regulations are not retroactive. 213 <br /> 214 <br />Paul Guthrie: What would trigger on that situation this proposal? 215