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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 1, 2001 <br />Action ,Agenda , <br />Item No. ~o~~ <br />SUBJECT: Clarified Amendment to Oran a Coun Private Road Subdivision Re ulations <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Ordinance Amendments adopted <br />10-10-00 <br />2. Ordinance Amending the Orange Courrty <br />Subdnnsion Regulafions <br />3. Sliding Scale Spreadsheet and Charts <br />4. Development of Sliding Scale <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, ext. 2592 <br />Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a single unresolved amendment to the Orange County Subdi~nsion <br />ReguFatbns (Section N-B -3-d--~1) regarding jusfification for a private road i~a include allowing a mining lot s¢e <br />of 60,000 sq. ft. for subdivisions that provide 50% open space (also known as Sliding Scale. Open <br />Spao~Cluster Provision). <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of County Commissioners, on October 10, <br />2000, adopted amendments to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations regarding private <br />roads. The Board included six items same which were addressed in the amended <br />regulations: <br />1) a declarative statement on page 18 as follows: "There is no right to a private road in any <br />subdivision larger than three lots." <br />2) Three-lot subdivisions would not require engineer certification; <br />3) Three-lot subdivisions can ask for aone-year extension for minor subdivision approval <br />after the one-year expiration; <br />4) The amendments will be reviewed in two years or less; <br />5) No more than 12 lots will be permitted on a private road; and <br />6) A sliding scale of lot sizes will be provided for subdivisions with at least 50% open space." <br />These items are acknowledged by the Board in the following three manners: <br />FOR INFORMATION ONLY <br />• Items 1, 2, 4, and 5 are included in the attached Ordinance Amending the Orange County <br />Subdivision Regulations, adopted October 10, 2000 (beginning on page 3.) <br />RETURN TO MAY 2001 PUBLIC HEARING <br />• Item 3 was not included in amendments presented at the public hearing in February 2000 <br />therefore it could not be added at this time. As the minor plat time limit is presently <br />written, there is no limit, so the intent of the board to be more liberal than staff has <br />