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Approved 9/03/03 <br />10 <br />683 Upon motion of Commissioner ,seconded by Commissioner <br />684 ,the foregoing Ordinance was adopted this the day of <br />685 , 2003. <br />686 <br />687 I, Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North <br />688 Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the <br />689 proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on , 2003 as relates in any <br />690 way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of <br />691 said Board. <br />692 WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of , 2003. <br />693 <br />694 <br />695 Clerk to the Board of Commissioners <br />696 SEAL <br />697 <br />698 Chair Gooding-Ray asked if a major subdivision consisted of 6 lots or more. <br />699 <br />700 Karen Lincoln replied yes. All subdivisions must have access off a public road and NC <br />701 Department of Transportation has rights to maintain the street ditch to ditch if the State does not <br />702 own the right of way. <br />703 <br />704 Craig Benedict said there have been a few cases when major subdivisions would meet the public <br />705 road standards -that they would have to pave the road within the subdivision and dedicate the <br />706 right of way -and then access an unpaved public road. This amendment would state that if the <br />707 public access road is unpaved and there is (State-owned) right of way, the developer would have <br />708 the option to pave the access road in order to have a major subdivision. If not, approval of the <br />709 subdivision would have to wait until right of way is dedicated and the road is paved. <br />710 <br />711 Jay Bryan asked, with respect to the project that was in controversy regarding Arthur Minnis <br />712 Road, how that subdivision would have been affected by this amendment. <br />713 <br />714 Craig Benedict answered that the developer would have been able to have the major subdivision <br />715 and pave that portion of Arthur Minnis Road since the road right of way for that section was <br />716 available (had been dedicated to NCDOT). <br />717 <br />718 Howard McAdams asked if someone proposed a subdivision coming out on an unpaved road <br />719 where there was existing NCDOT right of way and they decide to pave only 400 feet on either <br />720 side of the access, would the subdivision be approved. <br />721 <br />