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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSISONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 15, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~-G <br />SUBJECT: Amendment to Oran a Coun Private Road Standards <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Proposed Amendments to the Orange Cow~iy <br />Subdiv~~an Regula~a~s <br />2. Draft February 28, 2000 Public Hearing Minutes. <br />3. April 5, 2000 Planning Board Minutes. <br />4. May 4, 2000 Planning Board Minutes <br />5. Ordinance Amending Subdivision Regulations <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Karen Lincoln Ext. 2594 <br />Crai Benedict Ext. 2592 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-81$1 <br />Chapel Hill 968.4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane (336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To deade on proposed amendments th the Orange County Subdnn~sion Regulations, regarding <br />private roads (Section N-B 3 - d -1 and APPENDIX A ORANGE COUNTY PRNATE ROAD STANDARDS). <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Re uest Orange County Administration and Planning staff propose changes to Section <br />N~~d-1 and Append'oc A ORANGE COUNTY PRNATE ROAD STANDARDS fig: <br />• clarify criteria for private road justification; <br />• reduce to 10 (from 25) the maximum number of lots allowed on a private road; <br />• delete the provision for a Class C Private Road; and <br />• require that a NC Professional Engineer approve the construction of the private <br />road in accordance with sound engineering practices (delete provision allowing a <br />Professional Surveyor to certify private road construction). <br />Location The amendments, if adopted, will apply to the entirety of Orange County lying outside <br />the municipalities and their extra-territorial jurisdictions and the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Joint <br />Planning Transition Areas. <br />Existin and Pro osed Conditions <br />Existing: Section N~ 3 -d-1 <br />• Seven criteria "considered" for justification of private roads; <br />among those criteria, <br />• provision of "significantly greater" (than required by ordinance): <br />o lot sizes and building setbacks; <br />o dedication or preservation of recreation, open space containing significant sites; <br />o in a protected watershed, increased stream buffers 8 reduced impervious surface. <br />