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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (~ ~ '" <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 29, 2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 a&b <br />SUBJECT: Clarified Amendments to Orange County Private Raad Subdivision <br />Regulations Section IV-B-3-d-1 and to Sections IV-B-3-a and IV-B-3-b to <br />Clarify Provisions for Street Rights-of-Way and Coordinated Street System <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning - PUBLIC, HEARING: Y/N YES <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Craig Benedict, ext. 2.592 <br />1. Ordinance Amending the Orange County Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br />Subdivision Regulations <br />Section IV-B-3-d-1 (Private Roads) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />2. Sliding Scale Chart Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />3. Ordinance Amending the Orange Courriy Chapel Hill 968-0501 <br />Subdivision Regulations Durham 688-7331 <br />SectionslV-B-3-a and IV-B-3-b Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE; To receive citizen comment an proposed amendments to the Orange County Subdivision <br />Regulations: <br />1. Section N-B 3-d-1 Roads: <br />• Rewarding of certain provisions <br />• Justification for a private road to include allowing a zoning lot size of 60,000 sq. ft for subdivisions that <br />provide 50% open space (also known as Sliding Scale Open SpaoelClusier Provision) <br />2. Section N-B~ Streets: <br />• Section N-B~-a, Clarify pr~ovisian of streets rights-of~rvay ;and <br />• Section N-B-3-b, Clarify provision for a caardinatied street system. <br />BACKGROUND: Section N-B 3-d-1 Roads: The Orange County Board of County <br />Commissioners, on October 10, 2000, .adopted amendments to the Orange County <br />Subdivision Regulations regarding private roads. In its motion to approve the amendments, <br />the board directed staff to develop a sliding scale of lot sizes to allow 40,000 sq. ft. lots in <br />private road subdivisions that provide at least 50% open space. The board, in its discussion, also <br />directed staffto reword the paragraph on the intent of justification of a private road for athree-lot <br />subdivision and add language describing the differences between public and private roads. <br />1. Sliding Scale: The chart on page 9 demonstrates the benefits of the fi0,000 sq. ft. lot with <br />50% open space option over other passible outcomes using a sliding scale. The <br />proposed amendment is on page 5. <br />This item was discussed with Commissioner Jacobs who was the primary proponent of <br />this provision along with Commissioner Gordon. Chairman Halkiatis directed <br />