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Approved Mav 3. 2000 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AND <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />February 28, 2000 <br />11 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board met on Monday, <br />February 28, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. in the Judge Gordon F. Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. and Commissioners Margaret W. <br />Brown, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis, and Bany Jacobs <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Karen Barrows and members Barry Katr, Howard <br />McAdams, Theresa Nicole Gooding-Ray, Onie Lea, Lynne Holtkamp, Runyon Woods, Rachel Preston, Leo <br />Allison, James Selkirk, and Robert Strayhom <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Planning Director Craig Benedict <br />and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (all other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE <br />KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. ^' <br />A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br />Chair Carey welcomed everyone to the meeting. He said that Planning Board Chair Karen Barrows <br />would be introducing each item on the agenda. <br />B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br />Chair Carey dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br />1. Orange Coun Subdivision Regulations Text Amendments <br />Planning Director Craig Benedict said that these .items have been proposed by the staff based <br />on Board of County Commissioners' goals and Planning Board discussions over the last six months. He said <br />that at every quarterly public hearing additional steps would be taken for the preparation of the County's <br />comprehensive plan by bringing forth regulations that go with the comprehensive plan. He said that tonight's <br />public hearing would address two general areas: subdivision regulations and transportation issues of the <br />comprehensive plan. He said that the staff is in the process of creating a unified land development code so <br />that all of the information about zoning, subdivisions, and economic development districts will be in one book. <br />a. Section III-B Classification of Subdivisions <br />b. Section III-D-1 Concept Plan Approval in all Zoning Districts Except the Rural Buffer. <br />c. Section III-D-2 Concept Plan Approval in the Rural Buffer. <br />d. (non-Vehicular Access). <br />e. Section II DEFINITIONS. <br />f. <br />Appendix A Orange County Private Road Standards <br />Craig Benedict made reference to private road standards and said that the staff is suggesting a <br />decrease in the amount of lots that are allowed on a private road from a 25-lot maximum to a 10-lot <br />maximum. He described the negative things that have occurred as a result of the 25-lot maximum regulation <br />for private roads. <br />Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Orange County private road standards and asked <br />what would happen to existing private roads if someone wanted to put a house on an existing lot or split the <br />lot into two lots. <br />Craig Benedict said that each of the subdivisions that have private road standards has <br />something in their homeowner's association documents that address additional lots being subdivided on the <br />road. In some cases, the cost is borne by the subdivision. <br />