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11 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> PLANNING BOARD <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 2, 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8 <br /> SUBJECT: Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat Revision — The Lodges at Chapel Hill <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br /> 1. Application Package Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 245-2578 <br /> 2. Vicinity Map Craig Benedict, Director, 245-2592 <br /> 3. 2010 Resolution of Approval (RES- <br /> 2010-028) and Various Development <br /> Approvals Issued to Date <br /> 4. Draft Resolution of Approval for Class A <br /> Private Road <br /> PURPOSE: To review and make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners <br /> (BOCC) on a revision to a previously-approved major subdivision Preliminary Plat for"The Lodges at <br /> Chapel Hill". <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County received an application (Attachment 1) to revise a Preliminary Plat <br /> for The Lodges at Chapel Hill major subdivision. The vicinity map in Attachment 2 depicts the <br /> location of the two parcels that currently comprise the subdivision. The Preliminary Plat for the <br /> subdivision was approved by the BOCC in 2010. The subdivision consists of 12 lots on 43.87 acres. <br /> Several extensions have been issued as the property owner worked through all of the various <br /> required development approvals (see Attachment 3). <br /> As is stated in the application, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) informed <br /> the applicant in September 2021 that the approved public road would not be accepted for <br /> maintenance by the NCDOT because the number of housing units per mile of road was too low. <br /> Instead, NCDOT issued a driveway permit for the subdivision in October 2021 (included in <br /> Attachment 3). <br /> Sections 2.15.3(F)(4) and 2.15.3(G)(2)(d) of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) requires that <br /> a change in the roadway classification be reviewed and approved through the prescribed Preliminary <br /> Plat process. The current application to revise the Preliminary Plat for the subdivision is to change <br /> the formerly approved public road to a Class A private road. The applicant proposes to construct the <br /> road to the same standards as a public road but maintenance responsibility will be borne by the <br /> Homeowners Association. The proposed Road Maintenance Agreement is included in the materials <br /> in Attachment 1. <br /> As an aside, in 2017 the UDO was amended to allow certain subdivisions of 12 or fewer lots to be <br /> processed as minor subdivisions and a Class A private road would be required under current <br /> regulations (dedication of a public road would not even be allowed through a minor subdivision <br /> process). This information has been provided to inform readers that a 12-lot subdivision with a Class <br />