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Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management Plan <br /> • Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (BG MPO) <br /> • Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) <br /> • Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) <br /> TARPO's CTP was adopted in 2013 and provides transportation project recommendations for Orange County's <br /> rural areas, while the MPO CTPs address the urbanized areas. DCHC MPO CTP was adopted in 2017 and a BG <br /> MPO CTP is currently underway. <br /> It is important to note that the CTPs do not include every road on the highway system. As such, in accordance <br /> with state law, to complement the CTP roadway element, municipalities and MPOs may develop collector street <br /> plans. Additionally, locally approved transportation plans, such as the E-B-M AMP, may contain street or <br /> highway right-of-way alignment and dedication requirements, and collectively function as the collector street <br /> plan for the MPO or municipality as referenced in N.C.G.S. § 136-66.2. <br /> The Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) section 2.5.3.(v) and reiterated in section <br /> 6.10.A.1.(b), includes the requirements for reserving and dedicating right of way or requiring road construction <br /> listed in Access Management Plans or on the CTP. Specific mention is also made to the dedication of right of way <br /> based on the concepts shown on the CTP and locally adopted transportation plans, in accordance with N.C.G.S. § <br /> 136 66.2 and § 136 66.10. <br /> The CTP, collector street plan and locally adopted transportation plans pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 136-66.2 serve as <br /> the comprehensive legal framework referenced in N.C.G.S. § 136-66.10(a), addressing the reservation and <br /> dedication of right-of-way under local ordinances. <br /> North Carolina requires development along state routes to be accordance with NCDOT's Policy on Street and <br /> Driveway Access to North Carolina Highways. This document sets specific driveway and street access points <br /> criteria regulating their location, design, and operation. When any <br /> construction work is done on state routes or adjacent to existing Orange County, NC <br /> roadways, connection and access points must meet this state Code of Technical Ordinances <br /> regulation; including properties being modified or expanded. While the Unified Development Ordinance <br /> state's policy focuses on the transportation network, local zoning (UDO) <br /> ordinances and subdivision regulations address land use. Local access <br /> Adopted April 5,201 1 <br /> management plans play an important role in merging state policy and (As amended,see summary table) <br /> local authority in efforts to integrate land use and transportation, t�naY �oyh <br /> including Orange County planning processes. <br /> 17 5k <br /> B. Background and Planning Area <br /> Several plans have been completed within the E-B-M area, beginning °efG <br /> with the 1981 Comprehensive Plan, which was a Countywide plan <br /> Prepared by: <br /> addressing land uses for all of the County's townships. FIGURE 2 Orange County Planning Department Staff <br /> illustrates the AMP's chronology. The E-B-M AMP encompasses 4.25 With formatling guidance from: <br /> Clarion Associates,LLC <br /> Orange County Planning Department Page 3 <br />