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Article 7: Subdivisions <br /> Section 7.13: Specifications for Plat Drawings <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 7-68 <br /> <br />(c) Cemeteries if designated either by a previously recorded instrument or if <br />disclosed to or found by the surveyor during the course of the survey. <br />(d) All street rights-of -way, which adjoin the boundaries of the tract being <br />subdivided, shall be shown with dashed lines and shall denote the right- <br />of -way location and width. <br />(E) Subdivision Layout Data <br />The lot design plan shall be drawn and shall show the following information: <br />(1) Lot Arrangement and Development Potential <br />(a) The lot lines, Parent Parcel Identification Number, and lot and block <br />numbers of each lot shall be shown on the plat. <br />(b) Blocks shall be consecutively numbered or lettered in alphabetical order <br />and, all lots in each block shall be consecutively numbered. <br />(c) Lot and block numbers provided shall be in substantial compliance with <br />those shown on the approved Preliminary Plat . <br />(d) The location and dimensions of all lot lines, all new easements and an y <br />existing easements which are recorded or easements which are visible <br />and apparent reservations, and areas dedicated to public or private use <br />with notes stating their purposes shall be shown on the Final Plat. <br />(e) Lots shown on the Final Plat shall be substantially the same as those <br />shown on the approved Preliminary Plat . <br />(f) Front, rear, and side yard setbacks that are greater than the minimum <br />setback requirements of the district in which the parcel is located shall be <br />designated with dashed lines on the individual lots and labeled as <br />‘Minimum Setback’. <br />(g) All lots which are of restricted development potential shall be noted on <br />the Final Plat with reference to a separate recorded instrument which <br />describes the restricted lot(s) by metes and bounds and designates the <br />lot as “Of restricted development potential because of (specify condition), <br />pursuant to Section 7.6.3 of the Orange County Unified Development <br />Ordinance”. <br />(2) Streets and Transportation Systems <br />(a) The location, dimensions and classification (public or private) of all <br />streets, new easements or any existing easements which are recorded <br />or which are visible and apparent uses, alleys and other public or private <br />ways shall be shown on the Final Plat, including pedestrian and non- <br />motorized vehicle easements. <br />(b) All streets intended for future extension either within or beyond the <br />boundaries of the subdivision shall clearly be indicated on the Final Plat <br />by the words, “Subject to future extension”. <br />(c) A No Vehicular Access Easement (NVA) (aka Negative Access <br />Easement) 10 feet in width shall be designated, with a dashed line, along <br />the right-of -way of all lots and tracts where direct vehicular access to a <br />roadway is not approved. <br />(d) Street names, including State road numbers if applicable, shall be <br />indicated on the Final Plat and shall not duplicate or approximate the <br />name of any other street in Orange County, or an adjacent County if a <br />similar street name is in use in the vicinity, except where a street is the <br />continuation or extension of an existing street. <br /> 48