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,i <br />3. Appropriate certificates of dedication of the right-of-way and acceptance of the public right- <br />of-way signed by the appropriate entities. <br />For all other circumstances, the OUTBoard would recommend that the BOCC not endorse the <br />petition(s) for addition of subdivision roads for approval by the NCBOT. <br />Impact on County Regulations <br />To enhance awareness of these regulations, for both developers and buyers in subdivisions <br />with private roads, The OUT Board proposes that the policy be included in the Orange County <br />Subdivision Regulations so that all parties are aware of the County's position and requirements <br />for development of the public road network. The OUTBoard also recommends that the County <br />develop a transportation plan that maps proposed connectivity between public roads. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that there has been a fairly consistent policy by the Board of <br />County Commissioners and NCDOT on these roads. He asked Geof Gledhill about <br />developments in which all lots are greater than ten acres, and as part of approving a road in an <br />exempt subdivision for public dedication and maintenance, if the Board of County <br />Commissioners could require that subsequent development in that subdivision voluntarily <br />become subject to County subdivision regulation, otherwise the Board would not recommend <br />that it be maintained as a public road. Geof Gledhill said that rarely does the Board ever see <br />subdivisions with lots all greater than ten acres where there is a public road. These <br />subdivisions are exempt from the County's subdivision regulations and typically do not include <br />public roads. This exemption allows these subdivisions with lots all greater than ten acres only <br />when there is no public road. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked for further clarification and Geof Gledhill said that the <br />Board of County Commissioners' recommendation does not bind DOT with respect to whether <br />or not the State takes over a road that is built to its standards for maintenance purposes. <br />Secondly, what this is saying is that if a group of people who live in a subdivision with lots all <br />greater than ten acres decide to improve their road and make a public dedication of a right-of- <br />way for DOT, in order to get that road on the DOT system, then it would come to the Board for <br />the purpose of recommending or not that the road be taken onto the State system for <br />maintenance purposes. To get the recommendation from the County, the Board can ask the <br />residents to do anything it wants. This is out of the regulatory process. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that he is going to ask that the Board consider specifically <br />including that if an exempt subdivision wants to have its road accepted into the North Carolina <br />Road System for maintenance as a public road, that it would be required to voluntarily submit <br />itself to the County's subdivision regulations in the future. He would like to be explicit about <br />this. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that he has a concern about the transportation plan/map. <br />He does not think that this is the appropriate place to discuss this without the Planning Board. <br />Karen Lincoln said that this would be in connection with the Comprehensive <br />Transportation Plan, which will involve other boards. Commissioner Jacobs wants to be explicit <br />that it is a joint effort so that it is in a context. It should also say that it is part of the <br />Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update process. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked Geof Gledhill if he had reviewed this policy and Geof <br />Gledhill said yes and that he has no legal concerns about the policy, but he has a question <br />about whether or not it makes sense incorporating this into the subdivision regulations. He <br />said that there is no point in incorporating the policy with respect to later construction and <br />