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Article 7: Subdivisions <br /> Section 7.5: Subdivision Agreements 63 <br /> 7.4.87.4.7 Maintenance Guarantees —Public Roads <br /> (A) Maintenance guarantees shall be required for the purpose of ensuring that roads that are <br /> to be dedicated to the public are properly maintained, free from defects, between the time <br /> of construction and the time of formal acceptance for maintenance by the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation. <br /> (B) A maintenance guarantee shall be in place before any required Performance Guarantee <br /> is released or before any building permits are issued for subdivisions containing public <br /> road improvements. <br /> (C) Maintenance guarantees for public road facilities shall stipulate that the subdivider will <br /> maintain all required public road improvements, drainage improvements, and <br /> sedimentation and erosion control improvements to the standards of this Ordinance until <br /> the public road improvements are added to the state-maintained road system. The <br /> guarantee shall also state that the subdivider will be responsible for correcting any <br /> defects that may arise during the maintenance period and shall remove temporary <br /> sedimentation and erosion control measures. <br /> (D) Maintenance guarantees shall be in the form of a Performance Guarantee meeting the <br /> requirements of Section 2.27 of this Ordinance. <br /> (E) The subdivider shall pay a fee in accordance with the Fee Schedule adopted by the <br /> Board of County Commissioners at the time of the initial posting of the guarantee and for <br /> each subsequent renewal or extension to cover the County's administrative costs. <br /> SECTIONSUBDIVISION <br /> (A) The subdivider of all minor and major subdivisions shall record a subdivision agreement <br /> outlining the limitations associated with the development of created lots at the Orange <br /> County Register of Deeds at the same time the Final Plat is recorded. <br /> (B) The purpose of the subdivision agreement is to provide detail on various development <br /> limitations that will regulate the overall development of property consistent with the <br /> approval of the subdivision. <br /> (C) This subdivision agreement shall, at a minimum, outline the following development <br /> criteria for property within the subdivision: <br /> (1) Required development setbacks for lots within the project, <br /> (2) Impervious surface limits for the lots within the development, <br /> , <br /> wetlands etc) and a explanation on how development of the let r!s) is aste <br /> Program, er id�tified- in "�4entory of Site f Cultural, I-li rip ReGreatioRalCOURty" 9F"Inventory of the Natural Areas apal %Nildlife Habitats A-f QraRge <br /> COURty, North Carolina", <br /> (5) eRrtifircatironrvfr sell-cn;drseptic nlim.itantien s, if any, for each let, <br /> {&}(31 Access restrictions for the project and individual lots, <br /> M141 Limitations on land uses, including specifically dedicated areas, <br /> WLq Maintenance requirements for all roadways as well as references to the project's <br /> road maintenance agreement, if required, and <br /> W(6) Maintenance requirements for all designated Common Open Space areas. <br /> 47 Updated for clarity and enforceability <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 7-8 <br />