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ATTACHMENT 3 EXCERPT FROM SECTION IV-S-3-1 (ROADS) OF THE ORANGE COUNTY, NC SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS (AS AMENDED) In determining whether to permit, private roads in subdivisions, the following design features will be considered: 1. The location and design of the subdivision is such that it clearly preserves the rural character of the County through: a. The provision of lot sizes and building setback lines significantly greater than required by ordinance provisions. Compliance with this standard is assured in University ~.ake Watershed where a subdivision is required to provide a minimum required lot size of eve acres.' Where the minimum required lot size is less than five acres, compliance is assured when each lot in the subdivision contains at least twice the minimum required lot size: for example, if the minimum required lot size is two acres, and each lot contains at least four acres, compliance is assured;Z and/or 'This provision does not state that the University Lake Watershed is the only area where twice the minimum lot size is required in order far a subdivision proposing access via a private road fo gain approval. !t is used as an example that in the University Lake Watershed, rural character is preserved due to the fact that the minimum lot. size required is five acres. Doubling the lot size is not required because five acre tats or larger would be considered bw density. 2The "double lot size" requirement has been required in other subdivisions where a private road is proposed in lieu of a public road. In this case, staff notes that the 40, 000 square foot (. 92 acre) lot minimum must be 80,000 square feet (1.84 acres). 7 There are six (6) other requirements for Private Road Justification and are as follows: