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5 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 27, 2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Amendments to Orange County Subdivision Regulations Section IV-B-3 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. 2592 <br />1. Ordinance Amending the Orange County Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br />Subdivision Regulations <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 6$8-7331 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to the Orange County Subdniision <br />Regulations Section IV B-3 Streets, to clarify: <br />1. Section N-B~-a, provision of streets rights-af way ;and <br />2. Section IV B-3.b, provisian for a coordinated street system. <br />BACKGROUND: Subdivision Regulations require provision of street rights-of--way and that <br />all subdivisions to have "a coordinated street system via a public or private street ..". <br />Proposed amendments would clarify: <br />1. Provision of streets right-of--way includes rights-of-way for proposed future transportation <br />facilities included in adopted local and regional transportation plans. <br />2. A coordinated street system includes provisions for the extension of public roads in a <br />subdivision to undeveloped adjacent lots or to connect with existing public streets; and <br />limited driveway access on major subdivision streets. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no immediate financial impact associated with this decision <br />item. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Administration recommends that the Board refer the proposed. <br />amendments to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of <br />Commissioners by June 19, 2001. <br />