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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 5, 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-g <br /> SUBJECT: Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat Revision — The Lodges at Chapel Hill <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Application Package Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 919-245-2578 <br /> 2. Vicinity Map <br /> 3. 2010 Resolution of Approval (RES-2010- <br /> 028) and Various Development Approvals <br /> Issued to Date <br /> 4. Resolution of Approval for Class A Private <br /> Road <br /> 5. Town of Carrboro Courtesy Review <br /> Comments <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a revision to a previously-approved major subdivision Preliminary Plat <br /> for "The Lodges at 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 stated in the application, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) informed the <br /> applicant in September 2021 that the approved public road would not be accepted for maintenance <br /> by the NCDOT because the number of housing units per mile of road was too low. Instead, NCDOT <br /> issued a driveway permit for the subdivision in October 2021 (included in Attachment 3). The <br /> necessary length of the road due to the "flag lot" configuration of the two parcels that comprise the <br /> overall subdivision is a primary reason the NCDOT density calculation was too low. <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 />