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<br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />Pascale Mittendorf: On page one, if you had a proposed new development with some lots over 10 acres and others <br />less than 10 acres, would that whole subdivision be exempt? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: It depends on what is being subdivided. If the parcels were being subdivided from one piece of land, <br />it would not be exempt. It depends on what is being divided. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: The other recommendation is to put language in the ordinance to let people know that if they develop <br />with private roads and later they decide to petition NCDOT to take over maintenance of the roads, the County would <br />like them to know what will be expected for the County to favorably recommend their petitions for addition to the <br />Board of Transportation. I would like to present your recommendation at a BOCC work session on October 18 before <br />taking this as a regular item to a Board of County Commissioners meeting. If this is approved, (proposed text <br />amendments to the Subdivision Regulation) will go to the Planning Board. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: Does any part of this process cost the County money? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: The staff time. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: It seems odd that people build subdivisions with private roads and then come to the County to take <br />over the maintenance. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris: They are paying taxes. <br /> <br />Sandra Quinn: The fee should be charged to the developer. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: The developer will be required to tell the buyers. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: There are a couple of places in the ordinance that does state that. The other place would be in the <br />certificate(s) on the plats. <br /> <br />Randy Marshall: Case number one shows everything we discussed but I don’t remember case number two. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: We have had a couple of cases where the County has asked DOT to take over some unpaved roads <br />that were platted prior to NCDOT requiring roads be paved in order for NCDOT to maintain them. The NCDOT will <br />take over some roads, if the plats indicate that the roads were meant to be public roads, and maintain them to an <br />unpaved road standard, and put them on the list of unpaved secondary roads to be paved. <br /> <br />Randy Marshall: This makes it look like for case number one, if it provides connectivity, we would approve it and for <br />case number two, if it doesn’t provide connectively, and we would approve it. The Board of County Commissioners <br />could override any decision we make. We could have number one and take out number two and if the Board of <br />County Commissioners does see issues for recommending the petition, they could do that. <br /> <br />Jan Grossman: Who would pick up the costs if there is a subdivision and the road will be taken over by the State and <br />the developer doesn’t build the road? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: The subdivision should not be approved. <br /> <br />Jan Grossman: I know of a road in our subdivision. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: The developer is responsible for that (building the roads) and usually we don’t sign off on the final plat <br />until we get a letter from DOT stating that the public road meets its standards. In some cases, we have the letter