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1 2 4 6 7 8 10 was amended' to reflect the changes as de scribed above. d, ~ Section II DIrFINiTIONS Tlhis item has to dowith anon-vehicular access line. This also can be used in residential and non-residentiall subdivisions so that when the subdivisions are prepared the approved access points can be put on the subdivision plat. Wlhen lots are subdivided, very .often the access points are changed to a road that should not have additional traffic. The amendment would not allow someone to shift the access point to burden the -roads that are'~not scheduled for a higher capacity system. 11 e, i Appendix A Orange County Private Road Standards (non-Vehicular Access) 12 C ig Benedict made reference to private road standards and said that the staff is suggestin a 13 ~ decrease in th amount of lots that are allowed on a private road from a 25-lot maximum to a 10-lot g 14 maximum. He described the negative things that have occurred as a result of the 25-lot maximum regulation 15 for private rows. 16 Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Orange County private road standards and asked l7 what would ha pen to existing private roads if someone wanted to put a house on an existing lot or split the I8 lot into two loth. l9 C ig Benedict said that each of the subdivisions that have private road standards has '•o something in their homeowners association documents that address additional I '• 1 road. In some (cases, the cost is borne by the subdivision, ots being subdivided on the !2 Ggoffrey Gledhill said that the upgrade of the road is required to service the new subdivided lots. !3 Once the upgrade is done, then all of the lots in the subdivision are jointly responsible for maintaining the !4 road to the upgraded standard. •5 Coknmissioner Jacobs made reference to the 1$-foot travel way and asked if that included the •d swells or if it was just the actual road surface. ;7 Craig Benedict said that 1$ feet was just the actual road surface and that the impermeability that 8 comes forward (from both public and private roads still is counted as the entire roadway. After the swell goes 9 up to the 50-fort area, then there is a certain amount of impervious that would be counted in the remaining U 50 feet. i ~ Co , i~aissioner Jacobs asked if it was the same amount of shoulder that must be cleared 2 regardless of w ether it is a public or private road. 3 C ig Benedict said that typically there is the surface course, afour-foot swell down and afour- 4 foot swell up arMd then whatever can be preserved after that. S Cortnmissioner Jacobs made reference to page 13 and read the first paragraph which says, 6 "Private roads serving mare than 10 lots or dwelling units may be permitted only if constructed to NCDOT 7 public road standards," and said that this contradicts everything which has gone before it. 8 C ig Benedict said that this statement'could be deleted. 9 Co missioner Jacobs made reference to Class A versus Class B private roads and asked if the ~ staff has looked into the cost of hiring a professional engineer. 1 C g Benedict said that the staff has checked into the costs for engineers and the determination z of one road over the other is negligible in cost because it is the engineer's time to go out and see if the road 3 meets the stan~ards. He said that one of the most important things is if the County is going to continue to f have private ro dways, the hazards of living on a private road should be reduced as much as possible by ~ having the road certified th the standards. He said that drainage is the key for private roads, and that is i where the biggest fairng is. ~ Co missioner Jacobs said that DOT had set up a committee to work on subdivision standards and he is conce~ned that the County is locking themselves in and not allowing an flexibili He is concerned that there would be no allowance if there were some significant natural resource or rural characteristic of (the property that might be enhanced by having a private road as opposed to a public road. He questions eliminating flexibility in the concept plan amendments. He would prefer that the plan be presented for comment to the Planning Board and the County Commissioners before the staff makes a ruling. _ -_ - - - - Cram Benedict said that some of the language could be changed to allow for some flexibility. Corrhmissioner Jacobs said that he would like to have incentives for people to do things the way the County would want there to, not making it as a right, but a privilege. Corrhmissioner Brown asked if the Planning staff could specify the reasons for modifications of the regulations. '