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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 19, 2000 <br />Action Age da <br />Item No. ~~ <br />SUBJECT: Govinda Hills Minor Subdivision/Pasley Appeal 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-$) <br />Class B Subdivision Road Cross Section (9) <br />Curve Radius Diagram (10) <br />Minor Subdivision Plat (11) <br />Sketch of Existing Private Road (12) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tom King, Planner II, ext. 2607 <br />Graig Benedict, Director, ext. 2592 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-$181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <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 />Update: To summarize, the suggestion has been given to Mr Pasley to reduce the <br />number of proposed lots from four (4) to three (3) in order to meet the private road <br />extension justification. In addition, the existing private road is substandard and it would <br />not be prudent to permit more lots until additional travel width gravel, drainage ditches <br />and proper turning radii for emergency vehicles are added (see page 12). <br />Mr Pasley was helped by staff early in his process correcting his surveyor's idea that a <br />portion of his land was in the watershed cirtical area. The would have caused lots to be <br />larger. <br />