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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 5, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. q- G <br />SUBJECT: Govinda Hills Minor Subdivision/Paste A eat of Private Road Standards <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Appeal Application (3-5) <br />Vicinity Map (6) <br />Private Road Justification Standards (7-8) <br />Class B Subdivision Road Cross Section (9) <br />Curve Radius Diagram (10) <br />Minor Subdivision Plat (11) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tom King, Planner II, ext. 2607 <br />Crai Benedict, Director, ext. 2592 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968~L501 <br />Durham fi88-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider an appeal from Mr. Scott Pasley regarding a staff technical <br />decision to deny Govinda Hills, Phase 3 minor subdivision. The private road standard <br />justification requires: <br />(1) that each lot must be at least twice the minimum required lot size to justify the use of <br />a private road, and, as a secondary note, even though not noted in the applicant's <br />appeal application, the existing private road (Govinda Drive) be upgraded to current <br />Class B private road standards in regards to drainage, curve radius for public safety <br />vehicles, and slope. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The following existing regulations pertain to this case and were implemented by staff: <br />• Section IV-B-3-1 _(Private Road Justification) <br />• Appendix A -Diagrams from Private Road Standards (See pages 9 and 10 of this <br />abstract) <br />• Staff is not interpreting old regulations or enforcing new regulations. They are <br />technically enforcing the existing code as written. <br />