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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 28, 2000
Action
Agenda C2 (a-c)
Item No.r i (ri�
SUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
1. Proposed Amendments: ORANGE COUNTY Karen Lincoln Ext. 2594
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT Craig Benedict Ext. 2592
2. Proposed amendments: Zoning Ordinance TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
3. Proposed amendments: Subdivision Regulations Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane (336)227-2031
PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to update road functional
classifications in the Orange County Comprehensive Plan and on proposed ordinance amendments
related to the comprehensive plan amendments.
BACKGROUND:
Request In accordance with Goals adopted by the Orange County Board of County
Commissioners on June 21, 1999 (BOCC GOAL: Comprehensive Plan;BOCC GOAL:
Regional Transportation Planning; BOCC GOAL: Rural Character Preservation) Orange
County Planning staff proposes amendments to the following documents.
Orange County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element:
• Delete section 2.6 TRANSPORTATION; replace in new format with update of road functional
classifications;
• Amend sections 3.6 Cedar Grove Township, 3.7 Little River Township, 3.8
Cheeks Township, 3.9 Hillsborough Township, 3.10 Eno Township, 3.11
Bingham Township and 3.12 Chapel Hill Township consistent with road
functional classification amendments to section 2.6.
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BACKGROUND: Request Orange County Zoning Ordinance: (cont.)
Orange County Zoning Ordinance:
• Amend Article 4.2.10.b) 7 Access for Community Commercial-III (CC-3) Districts
to delete the term "major" from the classification "major collector".
• Amend Article 4.2.11.b) 3 Access for General Commercial-IV (GC-4) Districts to
delete the term "major" from the classification "major collector".
• Amend Article 13.3 (Traffic Impact Study) Applicability to require a traffic impact
study for special use permits and site plans for developments expected to generate
800 trips per day on an arterial road or 350 trips per day on a collector road or
,major local road.
+ Amend Article 22 Definitions to reflect proposed changes to section 2.6 of the
Orange County Comprehensive Plan
Orange County Subdivision Regulations:
+ Amend Section 11 Definitions to: 1) reflect proposed changes to section 2.6 of
the Orange County Comprehensive Plan and 2) add a definition for a NOW
VEHICULAR ACCESS (NVA) EASEMENT to prohibit driveway or vehicular access
onto an arterial, collector or major local road in a development where access is
provided via a minor local road, a private road or a shared driveway and 3) add a
definition for SUPERBLOCK that describes areas where future collector or major
local roads are required
• Amend Section IV-13-3-c-1 (Streets) Widths (right-of-way widths) to change street
types to be consistent with proposed changes to the road functional
classification.
• Amend Section IV-13-3-c-8 Access Restrictions to limit access from individual
lots in new subdivisions to internal streets (minor local roads) and to require non-
vehicular access easement to prohibit driveway or vehicular access along other
roads adjacent to the subdivision.
• Amend Section IV-13-3-e-2 Applicability to require a traffic impact study for
proposed subdivisions estimated to generate 800 trips per day on an arterial road
or 350 trips per day on a collector road or major local road.
Location The amendments, if adopted, will apply to the entirety of Orange County
lying outside the municipalities and their extra-territorial jurisdictions and/or Joint Planning
Transition Areas, if any.
Existing and Proposed Conditions
Existing:
• Classification criteria: Principal Arterial, Minor Arterial, Collector, Major Local,
Minor Local.
• List of road classifications does not include all roads in the planning area.
(Hillsborough's urban study area boundary changed in 1992; functional
classification tables in comp plan were not updated to include roads in areas
removed from the urban,study area.)
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Existing Conditions (cont.)
• Eight superblocks identified — no corresponding subdivision regulation
requiring collector or major local roads to interconnect major corridors adjacent to
superblocks.
• Maps adopted in comprehensive plan include many proposed roads that are no
longer planned.
• Traffic Impact Study required for development expected to generate 800 trips per
day.
• Subdivision regulations state intent to limit access to major County roads but
,contain specific language to limit access only to collectors and arterials.
Proposed:
• Classification criteria: Interstate/Major Transportation Corridor, . Arterial,
Collector, Major Local, Minor Local
• All public roads outside municipalities'jurisdictional boundaries are classified.
• Nine superblocks identified with corresponding subdivision regulation requiring
collector or major local roads that connect major corridors adjacent to
superblocks.
• Maps reflect currently planned roads, but only existing roads are classified.
• Traffic Impact Study required for development expected to generate 800 trips per
day on an arterial or,350 trips per day on a collector or major local road.
• Subdivision regulations that limit access from individual lots in new subdivisions
to internal streets (minor local roads) and to require non-vehicular access
easement to prohibit driveway or vehicular access along other roads adjacent to
the subdivision.
Implications
Pros:
• Consistent classification of roads throughout Orange County's jurisdiction.
• Promote consistency with classifications of roads in other jurisdictions.
• Limit access onto major roads. (NVA)
• Identify spatial "superblocks" to interconnect major corridors and provide for
those connectors through subdivision process.
• Assure adequate road right-of-way.
• Provide for Traffic Impact Study based on development size and road class.
• Assure maintenance of rural character (buffers based on functional.classification).
• Provide framework for other transportation plans/programs: Thoroughfare Plan,
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), MPO 2025 Long Range Transportation
Plan.
Cons: • Possible increased costs for developments of 35 to 79 lots;
• May require more roads in subdivisions of medium size (by limiting
driveway access to major local roads within the subdivision).
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Development Process, Schedule, and Action
• Public Hearing February 28, 2000: No decision is made on the proposed
amendments by either the Planning Board or the Board of County Commissioners
at the public hearing.
First Action: Planning Board Recommendation: The Planning Board has 75
days within which to prepare and submit a recommendation to the Board of County
Commissioners. Failure of the Planning Board to submit a recommendation within
the required time shall be considered as a favorable recommendation.
Final Action: Board of Commissioners to consider amendments to the Orange
,County Comprehensive Plan, Orange County Zoning Ordinance and Orange
County Subdivision Regulations.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
RECOMMENDATION(S) Planning Staff Recommendation: Approve
amendments as proposed in the attached document
Administration Recommendation: Refer proposed amendments to the
Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of
Commissioners no sooner than May 3, 2000.
Note: Amendments to the comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance and
subdivision regulations are legislative decisions (legislative public hearing rules
apply).
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ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
LAND USE ELEMENT
SECTION 2.6 TRANSPORTATION
ADOPTED SEPTEMBER, 1981
AMENDED 8-1-89, 8-21-90
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2.6 TRANSPORTATION *Amended 8-1-89 / 8-21-90
GENERAL FRAMEWORK
While providing a vital service function, the means and manner by
which people and goods are transported influences the physical Y
development pattern throughout Orange County. Areas which are servedl .
by the most convenient transportation access are the most appropriatej''
locations for centers of employment, .leisure activities, schools, ;Y
services, and commercial and industrial activity. Residents of the
County require an adequate transportation network to insure
convenient and safe access to such activities and, generally, the ir . `x
locational decisions are influenced by such transportation related
factors. ..1
The interrelatedness of land use and transportation are key factors '."r
in the County's overall Comprehensive Plan. The separate
considerations of the transportation system and process will be =y;:
further detailed in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive
Plan. This element is undergoing formulation at this time, and should;:"
be completed in late 1989 .
The primary means of transportation in the County is the road system.-
The system serves two main functions : traffic movement and land r
service. Given the potential incompatibility of these two functions, ' -q
efforts should be directed at balancing the two functions through an
integrated system. This requires consideration of the location and
distribution of the population; the intensity and spatial
distribution of land uses and their potential for traffic generation; ,;;
and the economic character of the County.
The relationship between residential and commercial uses and the
adequacy of the road system is particularly important as the system
integrates and links such uses, providing access between homes and
the goods and services needed and demanded by County residents.
However, the adequacy of the road system can be determined from two
perspectives . The individual county resident evaluates the system on
the basis of user objectives such as speed, convenience, safety and
cost. In broader terms, the system is evaluated on the basis of its
impact on the economic growth potential and the general ambiance or
environmental character of the County. it is clearly important that
neither of these factors can be excluded in the provision of
transportation services for Orange County as they are interrelated
and interconnected elements.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROAD NETWORK IN THE COUNTY
Orange County contains a relatively adequate road network. Major
population and employment centers are linked throughout most areas of
the County - primarily by Interstates 85 and 40. The presence of a
widespread state-maintained rural highway system has significantly
"opened up" the rural areas of the County for residential
development. Subsequently, residential pressures in these rural
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areas have created additional pressures and demands for commercial
development serving the needs of the residents.
The road network in Orange County is focused on the urban and
urbanized areas of the County as evidenced in the Highway
Classification System Map.
Major roads throughout the County provide access to and link the
rural areas of the County with the Towns of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill
and Carrboro. The newly-completed Interstate 40, NC 86 and SR 1009
(Old NC 86) link Hillsborough with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
urbanizing area.
In addition to providing intra-county service, inter-county service
linking Orange County residential areas with employment centers in
Durham, Research Triangle Park and Raleigh is facilitated along I-40,
US 15/501, NC 54, NC 1737 (Erwin Road) and NC 1718 (Mt. Sinai Road) .
M As Orange County is characterized by a negative net commutation
pattern, with Orange County residents employed outside the County
numbering more than non-residents employed in Orange County, the
adequacy of the road network providing access to these employment
centers is particularly important. In turn, the existing road network
influences and encourages residential/workplace dispersion, both
within Orange County and between Orange County and adjacent counties
containing important employment centers, by facilitating such
commutation patterns. Already, Interstate 40 has significantly
impacted the existing traffic patterns by providing greater access to
major traffic generators and encouraging potential development in
areas adjacent to the route.
The relationship between residential and commercial uses throughout
the County is a bit more problematic, particularly in the fringe
areas just outside the urban and urbanizing portion of the County
along heavily-traveled roads. These roads are subject to the sprawl
of commercial activities in an unsightly manner along long stretches
of the road. In rural areas, however, the provision of commercial
activities in appropriate locations to serve the needs of local
residents is important to satisfy quality of life concerns and
minimize the adverse effects of the relative isolation of these
residents from major population centers in the County.
The oals and
g policies of the Orange County Land Use Element seek to
focus commercial activities in a concentrated manner at and near the
intersections of important highways and roads, thereby providing for
ithe needs. of the local residents and minimizing the inconvenient,
land consuming and unsightly sprawl of such uses along the
transportation system. Certain important intersections in the County
have been designated activity nodes at which non-residential
development of various types and varying levels of intensity would be
permitted within a given distance of the intersection. In essence,
the transportation system would serve to provide good access to these
activities and would support the land use policies directed at
achieving the pattern of development desired in the County.
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COUNTY-SPECIFIC ROAD CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Policy issues
Roads can be classified by the function they serve in the total road
network. This classification, takes into consideration the existing
conditions as well as the planned future function. Some roads are
more important in terms .of carrying major traffic volumes or in
making connections between major destinations, while other roads have
a primary value in providing access to adjacent property. . In
general, there is an inverse relationship between the traffic-
ca=rying function and the land-access function; i.e. , a four-lane
road's primary function would be to move traffic, while the function
of a two-lane road in a subdivision would be to serve the abutting
land with frequent driveways. The extreme for each case would be an
Interstate freeway for the function of moving traffic and a short,
narrow, residential cul-de-sac for the function of land access. With
the exception of an Interstate freeway, all roads provide each
function to varying degrees.
Data Collection
There are certain roadway characteristics that are related to a
properly designed and classified road. To aid in developing the
functional classification for Orange County, the following roadway
characteristics were inventoried for every public road in the County,
outside of the urbanized planning boundaries: length, type of
surface, number of lanes, road width, shoulder width, right-of-way
width, type of adjacent land use, extent of development, speed limit,
traffic control, roadway alignment, and traffic volumes . This
inventory was collected by the County and, if maintained, will
provide a thorough and accurate data base for further planning and
programming.
To assist in data collection, analysis, and classification of the
road network, Orange County contracted with the consulting firm of
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. of Raleigh, N.C. Kimley-Horn
obtained mapping of public roads within the county and NCDOT roadway
inventory printouts, .developed a spreadsheet format for recording the
data, and conducted a data collection training program with members
of .the Comprehensive Division of the Orange County Planning
Department. Comprehensive Planning staff input the data from the
maps and printouts, as well as data observed and checked in the
field. This data file originally included only that portion of the
county outside of urban thoroughfare planning boundaries, i.e. , the
study areas for Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Hillsborough, and
Mebane/Alamance County. The data file was later expanded to include
the area within the Hillsborough study area but outside the city's
extraterritorial planning jurisdiction (ETJ) .
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Both of these data files are reproduced in Appendix A of the imle -
Horn Phase I Repoorrt. • Data files .include the following:
- Road (route name and road name)'
- Segment description (from, to)
- Distance (miles)
- Pavement type (paved or unpaved)
Road type (number of lanes)
- Pavement width (feet)
- Shoulder width (feet)
Pa'zed shoulder (paved or unpaved)
- Right-of-way width (feet)
- County land use designation
Existing land use along road frontage (percent -agricultural,
residential, industrial, or commercial. -- remainder assumed
undeveloped)
- Type of control at termini (stop sign, signal, none)
- Speed limit (MPH)
- Advisory speed on curve (MPH)
- Terrain (level, rolling, mountainous)
Historic traffic counts (vehicles per day)
- Projected traffic volumes (vehicles per day)
- County road classification (existing classification)
- NCDOT road classification
- Recommended classification
- Comments (Township and other comments)
Classification Criteria
Upon evaluating the above data as well as the geographic
relationships of roads to adjacent counties and to cities and major
destinations within Orange County, the following classifications were
determined to best describe the public roads in Orange County outside
of the urbanized planning boundaries:
Principal Arterial
Minor Arterial
Collector
Major Local
Minor Local
These classifications are a refinement of the current NCDOT
classifications used in the County Land Use Plan. The definition of
a road classification is subjective and qualitative; and subsequently
so is its application to a road system. The description of these
functional classifications developed for Orange County is shown in
Table 1.
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Recommended Classifications
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The 'criteria described in Table Z were then applied to the street
network in the rural Orange County study area. The recommended
classifications for the road system are shown in Figure land
summarized in Table 2.
Comparison With Urban Study Area Classifications
,Where roads cross planning boundaries, the road classifications
*ere compared with those determined by NCDOT for the Hillsborough and
Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (D-CH-C) transportation planning areas
(see Table 3) . It would generally be expected that roads classified
as principal arterials, minor arterials, or collectors in the county
study area would correspond to freeways or major thoroughfares in the
urban study areas, while the county major or minor local streets
would not be classified as thoroughfares. (Minor thoroughfares are
not common and are determined on almost a case-by-case basis. )
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FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA
TABLE I
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Col�ectors Minor Local 2-"r-
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General Connectivity Generally similar to
ontinuousfacilities Provides connections Connects local roads Relatively short Y
Continuous
an major between principal and residential ial areas provide afconnectionh but serving 180B Of a
connecting`urb j to the connecting function.
thoroughfares or other arterials orsanothercr system. Complements of primarily
principal arterials. principal arterials the arterial system residential areas to only one ycollector tor
No stub connections. in forming the basic the collector and arterial. 0
Typically cross-county and most towns. 03
in length or to urban Moderate lengths up to significantttrafficny The local road M
boundaries. Interfaces with urban carrying importance. categories comprise
Connects major the largest percentage
major or minor t!� r
thoroughfares. generators or small of a well-developed
towns not on the road network. Any
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likely
Typically shorter in streets would
length' with closer be below an urban z Z
spacing than collector.
arterials. cn 0
Interfaces with urban _J 70
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collectors.
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Typical Facilities
secondary roads Minor secondary roads Minor secondary C7 0
control of NC routes, secondary Y roads, loops, dead-
Interstate, us roads ends >
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Typical Volumes O
(Existing or Future) Less than 5,044 Less than 1,500 0
10,000 - 25,000 VPD 5,000 - 20,400 VPD 0
20,000 vehicles per Ch
day (VPD) or greater M
Design Speed C"
(Desirable) 40 MPH 35 MPH
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ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA
collectors Na'0__3L0 a1 Road minor Local Road
gr ncj;p„�1 Ar�prials �j�.nor Arterials ---
General Description
Facilities that Primarily serves as Same as major local
The primary traffic- Maj or traffic-carrying generally ervice access to adjacent road, but comprising
carrying facilities in facilities'which ntra -county travel. land use. Any y
the County; trip combine with the Provides
length and travel principal arterials to connecti on between nature, therefore ln ends (typicallyeless
density character- form a network 9
istics of substantial all cities and larger
arterial system. 81eurelativelynlow. than 1,000' ).
the County, or
inter-county travel or towns in y Shorter lengths, lower The major and min 0
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of serving urba yP volumes, and more land W
development; typically generators and access than the all remaining public m
would include rural significant inter- tem. roads not classified D
freeways. county travel. Trip arterial sys as a higher function.
length and travel CA r
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ROAD CLASSIFICATION 3
orange County, North Carolina
Principal
Arteriat Minor Arteriat Collector (SR #) Maiar LocaL OR k) Minor Local (SR #)
LITTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP
(NONE) NC 57 (1524)HOLLY RIDGE RD (1515)SREEZE RD (1518)TILLEY RD
(1538)NEW SHARON CHURCH RD (1516)BROWN RD (1520)MARY HALL RD
NC 157 (1543)LITTLE RIVER CH RD (1517)LAWS STORE RD (1521)BLALOCK RD
(1548)SCHLEY RD E NC 57 (1519)GATES RD (1522)WAGONER DAIRY RD
(1523)BERRY RD (1529)COUNTRY LANE
(1525)NALL DAIRY RD (1530)NEW BETHEL CH RD
(1526)GRAY RD (1531)BACON RD
(1528)SAWYER RD (1532)MILE BRANCH RD
r (1534)McKEE RD (1533)BUNNY RD
(1536)BILL POOLE RD (1535)McBROOM RD
(1540)HUNT RD (1537)HOPKINS RD
(1541)KIGER RD (1539)RICHARD LANE
e (1548)SCHLEY RD W NC 57 (1542)JACKSON RD
(1552)MINCEY RD (1578)BEASLEY RD
(1579)GREEN RILEY RD
(1581)SNEED RD
(1597)NORMAN'S RD
CEDAR GROVE TOWNSHIP
NC.86 NC 49 (1001)WALNUT GROVE CH RD (1341)HARMONY CHURCH RD (1323)LAKE ORANGE RD
(1004)CARR STORE RD (1350)HARMONY CHURCH RD (1341)IRA R0
(1004)CORSETT RIDGE RD (1350)LONESOME RD (1341)LI8 RD
(1004)EFLAND-CEDAR GROVE RD (1351)GOV. SCOTT RD (1348)SHANKLIN DEAD END
(1343)MILL CREEK RD (1353)COMPTON RD (1349)POTEAT RD
(1352)CARR STORE RD (1354)McDADE STORE RD (1356)TOM POPE LOOP
(1357)EFLAND»CEDAR GROVE RD (1355)ALLISON RD (1359)OAKLEY RD
(1364)LYNCH STORE RD (1358)McOADE STORE RD (1362)ALLIE MAE RD
(1545)SAWMILL RD (1360)LEE'S CHAPEL RD (1365)MT. ZION CHURCH RD
} (1507)WILKERSON RD (1361)NcOADE STORE RD (1367)CLAISORNE'S RD
a (1361)PENECOST RD (1368)WADE LOOP
(1363)DOC CORBETT RD (1369)WADE DEAD END
(1366)ATKINS RD (1369)WADE LOOP
(1370)DOC CORBETT RD (1371)McCULLOUGH RD
(1383)ENO CEMETERY RD 0502)BURTON RD
(1500)ALLISON RD (1505)WHEELER'S CHURCH RD
(1500)HENSLEY RD (1509)RALPH'3 DEAD END
(1501)ALLISON RD (1514)JIMMY ED RD
(1503)BAMA RD (1547)BRADSMER RD
(1504)ART RD (1549)WOOD LOOP RD
(1504)HURDLE MILLS RD (1550)EDMOND LATTA RD
(1506)CAVINESS JORDAN RD (1576)STEWART FARM RD
(1506)HURDLE MILLS RD (1591)GREEN PINE RD
C1508)HAWKINS RD EAST
' (1508)HAWKINS RD WEST
i (1510)ORMOND RD
(1511)PRESTON GEORGE RD
(1512)HESTER RD
(1513)TAPP RD
;y (1544)PEARSON RD
F` (1546)OLIN RD
(1577)HURDLE MILLS RD
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TABLE 2 (Continued)
ROAD CLASSIFICATION
Orange County, North Carolina
icipat
trJIL Minor Arteriat (SR #1 Cottector (SR #) Miior Local (SR #) Minor Locat (SR #)
CHEEK$ TOWNSHIP
70 (NONE) (1114)BUCKHORN RD (1137)RUSHY COOK RD (1145)SGUJIRES RD
(1120)MT WILLING RD (1138)YARBOROUGH RD (1309)SHAMBLEY RD
(1306)WEST LEBANON RD (1139)HEBRON CHURCH RD (1343)DOE RUN RD
(1310)NORTH FRAZIER RD (1306)WEST LEBANON RD (1344)DOE RUN RD
' (1340)HIGH ROCK RD (1310)NORTH FRAZIER RD (1384)MACE RD
(1144)WEST TEN RD (1342)NORTH FRAZIER RD (1392)LANCASTER RD
(1346)SADDLE CLUB RD C1393)PAYLOR ST
(1394)PERRY RD
(1399)REOMAN CROSSING
(1403)ALPHA ST
(1405)SHETLAND ACRES
GINGHAM TOWNSHIP
54 (1005)OLD GREENSBORO RD (1006)ORANGE GROVE RD (1100)STANFORD RD (1100)TEER RD
(1102)DODSON CROSSROADS S (1007)MEBANE OAKS RD (1101)TEER RD (1116)APPLE MILL RD
(1951)BUTLER RD (1115)BRADSHAW QUARRY RD (1117)CAK GROVE CH RD (1118)VERNON RD
(1951)WHITE CROSS RD (1117)OAK GROVE CH RD (1119)NICK'S RD (1124)MARTIN RD
(1177)DAIRYLAND RD (1125)CHESTNUT RIDGE CH RD (1188)SAM'S RD
(1942)JONES FERRY RD (1948)FERGUSON RD (1213)OVERLAND PASSAGE
(1956)CRAWFORD DAIRY RD (1950)CARL DURHAM RD 0214)COACH WAY
(1956)ORANGE CHAPEL (1952)WHITE CROSS RD (1947)IVEY RD
CLOVER GARDEN RD (1953)WILDCAT CREEK RD (1949)FORD RD
0954)COLLINS MT. RD (1955)DAWSON RD
(1958)MORROW MILL RD (1957)GOLD MINE LOOP
(I%I)SAXPAHAW RD (1959)MILIKAN RD
(1960)LLOYOTOWN RD
(1972)MORROW MILL RD
(2004)WILLIS RD
(2024)SIDNEY GREEN ST
(2025)EASY ST.
(2028)BOBCAT RD
(2029)PUMA LN
(2030)WILDCAT LN
(2044)FOXFIRE RD
C2045)EDWARD'S DR
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TABLE 3
RECOMMENDED AND URBAN THOROUGHFARE PLAN
COMPARISON OF CLASSIFICATIONS
Thoroughfare
Recommended Plan Planning
LO-8d-Name-fSR No.) Classification Classification Area
Jones Ferry (SR 1942) Collector Major Thoroughfare Chad Hill
Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005) Minor Arterial Major Thoroughfare Chapel Hill
NC 54 Principal Arterial Major Thoroughfare Chapel Hill
Dairykand Rd (SR 1177) Collector- Major Thoroughfare Chapel Hill
Dodsons Crossroads North Minor Arterial Major Thoroughfare Hillsborough
(SR 1102)
Orange Grove Rd (SR 1006) Collector' Major Thoroughfare Hillsborough
Bradshaw quarry Rd (SR 1115) Collector Major Thoroughfare Hillsborough
Chestnut Ridge Ch Rd (SR 1125) Major Local Unclassified
Mt. Vining Rd (SR 1120) Collector Major Thoroughfare Hillsborough
Wshy Cook Rd (SR 1137) Major Local Unclassified
Vest Tat Road (SR 1144) Collector Major Thoroughfare Hittsborough
I-W Principal Arterial Freeway Hillsborough
US 70 Principal Arterial Major Thoroughfare Hillsborough
Lebanon Road (SR 1306) Collector Minor Thoroughfare Hillsborough
High Rock Rd (SR 1340) Collector Unclassified --
Harmony Ch Rd (SR 1339) Major Local Minor Thoroughfare Hillsborough
Governor Scott Rd (SR 1351) Major Local Unclassified --
Cedar Grove Rd (SR 1004) Collector Major Thoroughfare Hi Usborough
NC 86 Principal Arterial Major Thoroughfare Hitisborough
Edmund Latta Rd (SR 1550) Minor Local Unclassified --
NC 57 Minor Arterial Major Thoroughfare Hillsborough
Schley Road (SR 1548) Collector ' Major Thoroughfare Durham
Kiger Road (SR 1541) Major Local Unclassified --
Guess Road (SR 1003) Minor Arterial Major Thoroughfare Durham
New Sharon Ch Rd (SR 1538) Collector Major Thoroughfare Durham
The results of the comparison above is summarized in Table 4.
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SUMMARY OF CLASSIFICATION COMPARISON
Recommended Thoroughfare Plan
Classification Classification Fumber
Principal Arterial Major Thoroughfare 4
Minor Arterial : Major Thoroughfare 4
Collector Major'- Thoroughfare 9
Minor Thoroughfare 1
Unclassified 1
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As can be seen from Tables 3 and 4, major thoroughfares on the urban
area plans generally corresponded to principal arterials, arterials,
and collectors in the county classification system. The one
collector that corresponds to a minor thoroughfare, Lebanon Road (SR
1306) , has more significance at the county level than it does within
the Hillsborough study area. One collector in the county system is
not classified in the urban study areas. High Rock Road (SR 1340)
connects into Lebanon Road only a short distance into the
Hillsborough urban study area and serves only a small portion of that
area. Most roads classified as major or minor local in the county
study area are not classified as thoroughfares in the urban areas.
Harmony Church Road (SR 1339) , which is classified as a minor
thoroughfare, connects directly with Brookhollow Drive, another minor
thoroughfare. It is borderline between a collector or a major local
road in the county. Since it is parallel to High Rock Road (SR 1340)
and has fewer collector characteristics, it was given the lower
classification.
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Right-of-way requirements were also compared. The recommended right-
of-way for all thoroughfares in *the Hillsborough plan is at least 100
feet, which is generally consistent with the 110 feet recommended for
arterials and exceeds the recommended width for collectors. The
recommended right-of-way for the thoroughfares under the 19 76 Chapel
Hill-Carrboro transportation plan was only 60 feet but will be_
upgraded to at least 100 feet as part of the D-CH-C plan.
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Policy Issues 0V Vii✓'
The functional classification of Orange County's road system
identifies the major and minor arterials as well as the collector
roads. These form the basic roadway infrastructure or skeleton for
the movement of people and goods . In addition, there are
Y classifications below the collector which comprise the majority of
thd ,system mileage and where the greatest degree of interface occurs
between roadway and land use.
A properly designed road system should have a sufficient number of
evenly spaced roads of each classification in order to adequately
serve the desired land• uses and intensity of development. Due to
consumption of land and resources required by roads as well as
capital and maintenance cost, it is not desirable to provide more
roads than necessary to 'service such demand. A proper balance in th
roadway system should be sought in order to serve the existing and
planned land use as well as through or out-of-county travel. Gr
Road System Assessment
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In applying this philosophy to Orange County, a qualitative
assessment of system balance in the non-urban areas was made. Since
the arterial system is fairly well defined, it will be briefly
discussed. However, the primary focus was on the collector roads and
on major local roads which are served by the collectors.
The arterial system provides good north-south and east-west movement,
with the primary demand being east and west. Based on the future
land use plan, there is adequate potential capacity to serve existing
and future traffic volumes. The east-west facilities are fairly well
spaced, with NC 54 and Old Greensboro Road located in southern Orange
County and the I-85/US 70 corridor located slightly north of the
middle of the County. The north-south arterial demand is served by
NC 49, NC 87, NC 57 and Dodsons Crossroads . In addition, there are
other north-south arterials located within the urban study areas --NC
86 and Old NC 86.
To adequately assess the balance of collectors and major local .roads, .
the desired or expected future land use must be understood. For the
purposes of this study, the rural portion of the County consists
primarily of Little River, Cedar Grove, Cheeks and Bingham Townships .
The adopted land use plan, and the land use goals and organizing
concepts contained in the plan clearly indicate that the rural
character and low-density development of the non-urban areas is
intended to continue. With the exception of some continued urban
transition along the US 70 corridor between Hillsborough and Mebane,
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the area will continue to be agricultural or low-density residential
with no urban utility services required. The extensive water supply
watershed zoning, water quality critical area zoning, and rural and
agriculture residential zoning categories assure low-density
residential development with average lot size expected to be 2 .0 to
2 .77 acres. Any non-residential development would be confined to
activity nodes at certain- crossroads at a level not requiring utility
services.
The existing collector and major local road system in Orange County-
is well developed in both the north/south and east/west directions.
The average spacing between collectors or from collectors to
arterials is three miles. The major local roads are spaced more
frequently and form a finer network of roads. Spatially there does
not appear to be a deficiency in the collector and major local road
system. There are several large "superblocks" , primarily in Bingham
Township ranging from 2,800 to 3,000 acres. These areas are shown in
Figure 2 and described below.
Bingham Townshi2
* Area bounded by NC 54 on the south, Dodsons Crossroads South (SR
1102) on the east, Dairyland Road (SR 1177) on the north, and
Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) on the west.
* Area bounded by Dodsons Crossroads on the west, Dairyland Road on
the north and east, Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road (SR 1104) on
the east (within Chapel Hill study area) , and NC 54 on the south.
* Area bounded by NC 54 on the north, Wildcat Creek Road (SR 1953)
on the east, Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005) on the south, and
Orange Chapel Road (SR 1956) and Morrow Mill Road (SR 1958) on
the west.
* Area bounded by Old Greensboro Road on the north, Ferguson Road
(SR 1948) on the east, Jones Ferry road (SR 1942) and the Chatham
County line on the south, and White Cross Road (SR 1951) on the
west.
* Area bounded by Mt. Willing Road (SR 1120) on the north, •Buckhorn
Road (SR 1114) on the east, Bradshaw Quarry Road (SR 1115) on the
south, and Vernon Road (SR 1118) and- Oak Grove Church Road (SR
1117) on the west.
Cedar Grove Toaaship
* Area bounded by Harmony Church Road (SR 1350, SR 1341) on the
north, Mill Creek Road• (SR 1343) on 'the east, High Rock Road (SR
1340) on the south, and Lynch Store Road (SR 1364) on the west.
* Area bounded by Ne 86 on the east, Renion Road (SR 1335) on the
south (within Hillsborough study area) , Highland Farm Road (SR
1332) and Efland-Cedar Grove Road (SR .1004) on the west, and
Carr Store Road (SR 1352) on the north.
* Area bounded by Schley Road (SR 1548) on the north, NC 57 on the
east, Phelps Road (SR 1551) on the south (within Hillsborough
study area) , and NC 86 -and Walnut Grove Church Road (SR 1001) on .
the west.
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roads in these areas are adequate for existing land use, some
additional major or local road construction may be needed in those
areas, depending upon the intensity of development. The following
general guidelines should be used in the County's review of future
development plans as related to the need for additional roadway
infrastructure.
Implementation Guidelines
Spacing: Lased on existing development and land use, current spacing
is adequate. If more than an additional 100 dwelling units are
anticipated within one of the superblocks described above, or in any
area with greater than two miles between arterial, collector, or
major local roads, consideration should be given to the construction
of new public roads or the extension of existing major local roads to
further divide the block.
Location: The initial planning for one - of the above facilities would
be to physically bisect a superblock in order to derive the greatest
benefit. However, there are geographical considerations that may
alter such placement. Major creek crossings and severely steep
topography should be avoided. Generally the maximum grade for such a
facility would be approximately 7-9%.
Need: Because different levels and types of development intensity
will generate varying amounts of traffic, the need for additional
facilities should be determined based on the County Land Use Plan and
on specific development plans. The Planning Staff should review
transportation needs as development occurs, as provided for in
Article 13 of the zoning ordinance. Any needed additional collector
or major local road facilities should be provided as public roads in
order to ensure maintenance and access by the general public.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS
Orange County's transportation system is dominated by the road
network, but is not entirely defined by it. Rail facilities and air
services additionally comprise the transportation system and
contribute to the movement of people and goods through Orange County.
ail Facilities. Orange County -is served by the Southern Railroad
which traverses the central portion of the County in an east/west
direction through Eno Hillsborough and Cheeks Townships parallel to
the I-85/US 70 corridor. The Southern Railroad also serves the
southern portion of the._.Carrboro/Chapel Hill area, although.this
segment of the line is now rarely used.
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,r Services. orange County is served by one publicly-owned airport.
Horace Williams, a general aviation airport, is owned and operated by
the University of North Carolina. Concentrated residential
development has surrounded the airport during recent decades and
resulted in conflict between the airport and its environs. In an
effort to reduce the level of conflict the University of North
Carolina has elected to impose a 50-craft limit on based aircraft and
a corresponding ceiling on aircraft activity, effectively limiting
the airport to one-third of its full service capacity. This action
has not assuaged the concerns of residents of surrounding
neighborhoods who continue to exert pressure aimed at closing the
airport.. * Recent discussions about the phase-out of the airport have
contributed to the controversy surrounding the need and location of
new air facilities in the County providing the same level of service.
A study was commissioned in 1988 to find another location for a
County airport, but no suitable site could be identified and
selected.
Three small privately owned and operated airstrips are located
throughout the County serving a small amount of air traffic use.
These facilities are Hogan, Neville and Rice's airstrips.
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CONTENTS
Page
2.6 TRANSPORTATION 1
A. INTRODUCTION 1
Purpose and Content 1
Relationship to Other Transportation Plans 1
Study Area 2
Land Use Characteristics 2
B. EXISTING CONDITIONS 3
Description of the Road Network in the County 3
Orange County's Functional Classification Criteria 3
Table 1. Comparison of Road Functional Classifications 5
Functional Classification Assignment 7
Table 2. Functional Classification of Orange County Roads 8
Map 1. Orange County Road Functional Classification 12
Table 3.Percentage of Total Road Network by 13
Functional Classification
C. ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS 13
Policy Issues 1.3
Road System Assessment 14
Map 2. Orange County Superblocks 15
D. OTHER SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS 17
Non-Motorized Transportation 17
Rail Transportation 17
Air Transportation 17
E. GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES 18
3.6 CEDAR GROVE TOWNSHIP 19
3.7 LITTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP 21
3.8 CHEEKS TOWNSHIP 23
3.9 HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP 25
3.10 ENO TOWNSHIP 27
3.11 BINGHAM TOWNSHIP 29
3.12 CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP 31
APPENDIX F ROAD FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION WITH SR OF ROAD SEGMENTS 32
APPENDIX G DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA 37
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE
AND ORANGE COUNTY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS RELATED TO PROPOSED
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
CONTENTS
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE 37
ARTICLE 4 ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMITTED USE TABLE AND SCHEDULE
4.2.10 Community Commercial-III (CC-3) District 39
4.2.11 General Commercial-iv (GC-4) District 39
ARTICLE 13 TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY
13.3 Applicability 39
ARTICLE 22 DEFINITIONS 41
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS 44
SECTION 11. DEFINITIONS 44
SECTION IV. REQUIRED MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS
IV-B-3. ROADS
IV-B-3-b-1. 46
IV-B-3-c-1. Widths 46
IV-B-3-c-8. Access Restrictions 46
IV-13-3-e.. Traffic Impact Study 47
IV-B-3-e-2. Applicability 47
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A. INTRODUCTION
Purpose and Content
The Transportation Element provides a planning framework for supporting future land
use decisions in Orange County. This element provides a description of the road
network in Orange County, a functional classification of roads in the County and an
assessment of areas where new corridors connecting major roads will be needed in the
future. This element also describes other significant transportation elements including A
Bicycle Transportation Plan that was approved by the Board of County Commissioners
April 6, 1999.
Relationship to Other Transportation Plans
Orange County Thoroughfare Plan: In North Carolina, road building authority lies
with the State and municipalities rather than with the counties. A thoroughfare plan
prepared by the North Carolina Department of Transportation provides the framework
for the future transportation system serving Orange County. The thoroughfare plan
addresses the capability of the existing.roadway system to serve existing demand and
identifies future needs for roadway system improvements. County plans are generally
used for functionally classifying the relative roles of existing facilities. The Orange
County Thoroughfare Plan, prepared by the North Carolina Department of
Transportation, relies on the County's plan for determining the function of those
facilities.
DCHC MPO 2025 Long Range Transportation Plan: A large portion of Orange County
including the municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough and surrounding
areas is part of a regional transportation planning area that includes Durham County
and northeast Chatham County. The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan
Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) is responsible for developing and updating long
range transportation plans for the metropolitan planning area. Orange County .
participates in the DCHC MPO through membership in the Transportation Advisory
Committee (TAC) and the Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC). The
Transportation Advisory Committee is a policy body which is made up of elected and
appointed officials of participating jurisdictions including the North Carolina Department
of Transportation. The TAC coordinates -and makes decisions on transportation
planning issues. The Technical Coordinating Committee is composed of staff members
from each unit of local government and provides technical recommendations to the
TAC. The 2025 Long Range Transportation Plan developed by the DCHC MPO
incorporates multi-modal transportation systems to address congestion problems and to
increase travel choices for the region.
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Study Area
Orange County is located in the northern central area of North Carolina, and is bordered
by Caswell and Person Counties to the north, Alamance County to the west, Chatham
County to the south and Durham County to the east. The Town of Hillsborough, the
County Seat, is centrally located along major east-west highway corridors Interstate-85,
Interstate-40 and US 70 and along NC 86, a major north-south corridor. The Towns of
Chapel Hill and Carrboro are located in the southeastern area of the County, and,
together with Hillsborough, contain the major population and employment centers of
Orange County. A portion of the Town of Mebane, predominantly located in Alamance
County, encroaches into western Orange County along Interstates 40/85 and US 70.
Land Use Characteristics
The interrelatedness of land use and transportation are key factors in the County's
overall Comprehensive Plan. The relationship between residential and commercial
uses and the adequacy of the road system is particularly important as the system
integrates and links such uses, providing access between homes and the goods and
services needed and demanded by County residents.
The adequacy of the road system can be determined from two perspectives. The
individual resident evaluates the system based on user objectives such as speed,
convenience, safety and cost. The broader perspective is to evaluate the system based
on its impact on the economic growth potential and the general ambiance or
environmental character of the County. Neither of those factors can be excluded in the
provision of transportation services for Orange County.
The presence of a widespread state-maintained rural highway system has significantly
opened-up the rural areas of the County for residential development. Subsequently,
residential pressures in these rural areas have created additional pressure and
demands for commercial development serving the needs of the residents.
Orange County's land use regulations focus on concentrating public services and
commercial activities at and near the intersections of important highways and roads in
order to minimize the inconvenience and unsightly sprawl that occurs when such uses
locate along transportation corridors. Designated activity nodes that allow non-
residential development of various types and varying levels of intensity are located at
certain important intersections in the County. The transportation system provides good
access to those designated areas to support the County's desired pattern of
development.
Orange County's land use regulations provide three areas, i.e. Economic Development
Districts, to encourage economic development on a more regional basis. These three
districts, 1-85/ Buckhorn Road District, 1-40/Old NC 86 District, and 1-85/US Highway 70
District, are located adjacent to Interstate Corridors with access provided from arterial
and collector roads. -
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Description of the Road Network in the County
Orange County has a relatively adequate road network. Major highways in Orange
County are Interstate 85, Interstate 40, US 70, NC 54, NC49, NC 86, NC 157 and NC
57. In addition, a widespread state-maintained rural highway system provides access to
those major corridors from the rural areas of the County.
Interstate 40 and Interstate 85 are.the major inter-county corridors. The 1-40 corridor
links Hillsborough and Chapel Hill with employment centers in Durham, Research
Triangle Park and Raleigh to the east. The 1-85 corridor links Hillsborough with Durham
to the east. 1-40 and 1-85 corridors converge at the southwestern periphery of
Hillsborough to provide a link with Mebane and employment centers in the Triad
(Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point) to the west.
Major US aqd NC routes linking Orange County with surrounding areas also provide
intra-county access and linkage to the rural areas of the County from the Towns of
Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Mebane which spills over into Orange County
from Alamance County. NC 86 and NC 57 provide access from the northern rural areas
to the Town of Hillsborough; US 70 links the Towns of Mebane and Hillsborough and
the rural areas in between; NC 54 and NC 86 South link rural areas in the southern
portion of the County with the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill.
Orange County's Functional Classification Criteria
Functional classification is the process by which streets and highways are grouped into
classes, or systems, according to the type of service the roads are intended to provide.
Basic to this process is the recognition that individual roads and streets do not serve
travel independently of each other. Rather, most travel involves movement through a
network of roads. Functional classification defines the role that any particular road or
street plays or should play in serving the flow of trips over a road network.
The road network has a dual role in providing both (1) access to property, and (2) travel
mobility. Access to a property is necessary at both ends of any trip. Mobility along the
path of such trips can be provided at varying levels, usually referred to as "levels of
service." Levels of service can incorporate a wide range of elements (e.g., riding
comfort, travel time and freedom from speed changes), but the most basic element is
operating speed.
Not only is there a functional hierarchy of systems (with interstates at the highest level
and local roads at the most basic level), but also a parallel hierarchy of travel distances
served by those systems. This hierarchy of travel distances can be related logically to a
desirable functional classification to meet access and mobility requirements. Local
roads emphasize the land access function; arterials emphasize a high level of mobility
for through movement; collectors offer a compromise between both functions.
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The functional classification of a road is a vital element in planning a safe and
operational highway network. The functional classification of a road may be used as a
decisive tool in determining design standards for roads; the priority of road
improvements; the need for dedication of rights-of-way; the need for on-site and off-site
highway improvements due to subdivision and land development activities; the
appropriateness of the location and intensity of land development; or the need for
access management.
A functional classification system tailored to Orange County's road network serves the
following purposes: a) provides road classifications that are easily understood and
vi$ually distinct; b) insures uniform criteria for design of roads serving similar
populations and purposes within Orange Coutny's jurisdiction, and c) insures
compatibility with the NCDOTs Thoroughfare Classifications and the Federal Highway
Administration's (FHWA) guidelines titled Highway Functional Classification: Concepts,
Criteria and Procedures; and d) provides mechanism for limiting access onto major
roads and requiring measures that preserve the existing character of rural areas during
subdivision and land development.
The functional classification elements in this document do not have to be identical to
those of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) or those of the
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as long as the function of each element is
defined consistent with the function of corresponding elements in NCDOT or FHWA
classification systems. NCDOT thoroughfare classifications are not consistent with
FHWA functional classifications; NCDOT maintains a copy of the FHWA functional
classifications for use in determining eligibility for federal funding in financing highway
improvements. The functional classifications assigned by NCDOT consider each
element as either urban or rural. Urban transportation planning boundaries used by the
State do not coincide with Orange County's land use planning boundaries. Some of the
roads classified by NCDOT extend outside the extra-territorial planning jurisdiction
and/or municipal boundaries of the towns by means of urban thoroughfare plans. Table
1. lists a comparison of Orange County's classifications with functional classifications of
the 1994 amendments to the Transportation Element which were based on the NCDOT
prepared Thoroughfare Plan for Orange County.
The functional classification criteria characteristic of Orange County's road network is
based on fundamental principles of each functional class as outlined by state and
federal authorities, municipal populations served by the road system (origin/destination
populations), and typical trip lengths.
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(Appendix G references sources and method of developing the functional classification criteria.)
Table 1. Comparison of Road Functional Classifications.
COMPARISON OF ROAD CLASIFICATIONS FROM 1990 AMENDMENTS
TO THE
LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COPREHENSIVE PLAN
PROPOSED COUNTYWIDE 1990 RURAL CLASSIFICATIONS 1990 Urban Classifications (MPO)
CLASSIFICATION
Interstate Highway Principal Arterial Freeway
Arterial Principal Arterial Major Thoroughfare
Arterial Minor Arterial Major Thoroughfare
Collector Collector Major Thoroughfare
Minor Thoroughfare
Major Local Major Local Minor Thoroughfare
Minor Local Minor Local Unclassified
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Orange County's Functional Classification Criteria consists of the following five
functional classes: Interstate/Major Transportation Corridors, Arterials, Collectors, and
Major and Minor Local Roads. These criteria are applied to existing roads in Orange
County according to the function that they provide in accordance with the Orange
County Comprehensive Plan.
This document classifies only the public roads system outside of the municipal land use
control boundaries (i.e. outside the extra territorial jurisdiction - ETJ - of the Towns of
Hillsborough and Mebane and outside the ETJ and/or transition area boundaries of the
Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill). The classifications applicable within these
boundaries are available from each municipality.
Interstate/ Major Transportation Corridor: Major transportation corridors serve a
key function in the orderly development of Orange County as major traffic movers and
as entrance corridors to Orange County from outside the area. These corridors and the
character of the development which occurs along them establish the efficiency and
safety of traffic movement through the area and serve as an indicator of the quality of
life in the County. In addition, the ability of different areas of the County to attract
different types of development depends on the character and quality of development
along major corridors as well as the capacity of the highway system to accommodate
the development.
The interstate/major transportation corridors provide the high speed, high volume
network for travel between major points in both rural and urban areas. Consequently,
higher speeds are typical on these facilities. Interstate 85 and Interstate 40 are major
transportation corridors in Orange County.
Interstate/Major Transportation Corridors have the following characteristics.
1. These facilities serve the majority of trips between urban areas with
populations of 25,000 or more, and
2. The majority of vehicles using this facility are making trips of 25 miles or
more in length (suitable for statewide or interstate travel).
Arterials: Arterials provide for relatively less interference (access points or
driveways) to through traffic than that of collectors. US 70, NC 86, Old NC 86 north of
1-40, NC 49, NC 54, NC 57 and NC 157 are classified as arterials in Orange County.
Arterial roads have the following characteristics.
1. These facilities serve traffic between all towns and communities with
populations over 3,000;
2. Provide intra-regional and inter-county service that does not duplicate the
function of-higher-functional classes;
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3. Most vehicles using these facilities are making trips of 10 miles or more in
length.
Collectors: Collector roads primarily serve intra-county travel and facilitate the traffic -
flow between local roads and arterial highways. Consequently, moderate speeds are
typical. Access points onto collectors should be limited as much as possible.
Collectors provide for more access to adjoining land uses than arterial highways.
Examples of collector roadways in Orange County include Walnut Grove Church Road
(SR 1001), Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) and Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005).
These roads typically have the following characteristics.
(1) Collectors serve rural areas, smaller towns and communities (population
approximately 500 or less) and other traffic generators of equivalent intra-
county importance, such as economic development districts
(commercial/industrial areas), county parks, and agricultural areas.
(2) These facilities link the places in (1) above with nearby larger towns or
urban areas, or with routes of higher classifications; and
(7) Are spaced consistent with population density so that all developed areas
lie within reasonable distances of a collector or arterial.
Local Roads: All public roads not classified as interstate/major transportation
corridors, arterial or collector are considered local roads, with the exception of private
roads which are not classified by this document.
Major local roads provide service to collectors and other higher functional classes.
Major local roads are greater than 1 mile long and connects minor local roads with
collectors or arterials. Examples of major local roads are Miller Road, Borland Road,
Damascus Church Road, Harmony Church Road and Wildcat Creek Road.
Minor local roads primarily provide access to adjacent land. Minor local roads are
generally less than 1 mile long and have an average daily traffic count less than 50.
Examples of minor local roads include cul-de-sacs, loop roads and most subdivision
roads. A cul-de-sac is an example of the ultimate minor local roadway (i.e., provides
very little travel function, but functions 100% for access).
Functional Classification Assignment
The assignment of each road's functional classification is based on its: a) conformity to
the criteria in this document; b) relationship to the entire public road system; and c)
relationship with surrounding jurisdictions' public road systems. Table 2. lists each
road's functional classification as depicted on Map 1.
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Table 2. Functional Classification of Orange County Roads
Interstates/ Major Transportation Corridors:
Name From To
140 185 Chapel Hill MJ
185 Mebane MJ Hillsborough MJ
185 Hillsborough MJ Durham County
Arterial Roads
Name From To
NC 49 Caswell County Alamance Count
NC 54 Carrboro MJ Alamance County
NC 57 Hillsborough MJ Person County
NC 86 Caswell County Hillsborough MJ
NC 86 Hillsborough MJ Chapel Hill MJ
NC 157 Person County Durham County
Old NC 86 Hillsborough MJ 1-40
US 70 Mebane MJ Hillsborough MJ
US 70 Hillsborough MJ Durham County
Collector Roads
Name From To
Arthur Minnis Road Orange Grove Road Old NC 86
Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road NC 54 Dairyland Road
Bowman Road Alamance County West Ten Road
Bradshaw Quarry Road Mebane—Oaks Road Oran a Grove Road
Buckhom Road US 70 Orange Grove Road
Butler Road NC 544 White Cross Road
Can'Store Road NC 49 NC 86
Cole Mill Road Pleasant Green Road Durham County
Coleman Loop Road NC 86 NC 86
Corbett Ridge Road Alamance County NC 49
Cornwallis Road Murphey School Road Durham County
Crawford Dairy Road Old Greensboro Road Chatham County
Dairyland Road Orange Grove Road Carrboro MJ
Dodsons Cross Roads Orange Grove Road NC 54
Erwin Road Chapel Hill MJ Durham County
Forrest Avenue S Efland Cedar Grove Road Mt Willing Road
Frazier Road End US 70
High Rock Road Lebanon Road Alamance Count
Highland Farm Road N Efland Cedar Grove Road Coleman Loop Road
Holly Ridge Road NC 157 NC 57
Jones Ferry Road Carrboro MJ Chatham County
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Collector Roads (cont.)
Name From To
Lawrence Road St. Mary's Road Old NC 10
Lebanon Road Mebane MJ N Efland Cedar Grove Road
Lynch Store Road NC 49 Alamance County
Little River Church Road Walnut Grove Church Road NC 57
Mebane Oaks Mebane MJ NC 54
Mill Creek Road Lebanon Road Carr Store Road
Morrow Mill Road NC 54 Orange Chapel Clover Garden Rd
Mt Carmel Church Road Chapel Hill MJ Chatham County
Mt. Herman Church Road US 70 Murphey School Road
Mt. Sinai Road NC 86 Durham County
Mt Willing Road Forrest Avenue Oak Grove Church Road
N Efland Cedar Grove Road NC 86 US 70
NC 751 US 70 Durham County
New Hope Church Road Old NC 86 Old NC 10
New Sharon Church Road NC 57 St. Mary's Road
Oak Grove Church Road Mt Willing Road Mebane Oaks Road
Old Greensboro Road Carrboro MJ Alamance County
Old NC 10 NC 86 US 70
Old NC 86 140 Carrboro MJ
Orange Chapel Clover Garden Rd Morrow Mill Road Old Greensboro Road
Orange Grove Road Hillsborough MJ NC 54
Pleasant Green Road St Marys Road US 70
S Efland Cedar Grove Road US 70 Forrest Avenue
Sawmill Road NC 86 Walnut Grove Church Road
Saxapahaw Road NC 54 Alamance County
Schley Road NC 57 St Marys Road
St Marys Road Hillsborough MJ Durham County
Thom Road Alamance County Mebane Oaks Road
University Station Road US 70 Mt. Sinai Road
1-85 Connector US 70 West Ten Road
Walnut Grove Church Road NC 86 Person County
West Ten Road Mebane MJ 1-85 Connector
White Cross Road Butler Road Chatham County
Whitfield Road Erwin Road NC 86
Wilkerson Road Walnut Grove Church Road Person County
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Table''2. Functional Classification of Orange County Roads (coat.)
Major Local Roads
Name From
Allison Road NC 86 To
Allison Road Hensley Road Hensley Road
Art Road N Efland Cedar Grove Road
Atkins Road Hurdle Milts Raad Person County
Baldwin Road Corbett Ridge Road NC 49
Bama Raad Miller Road St. Mary's Road
Ben Johnston Road Hurdle Mills Road Person County
Berry Hill sborough MJ 1-85 C0 nnector
Bill Poole Road NC 157 Person County
Biv New Sharon Church Road Durham County
ins Road St. Mary's Road
Borland Road Chestnut Rid a Church Road Durham County
Bowden Road of Greensboro Road Arthur Minnis Road
Breeze Road Walnut Grove Church Road Jones Ferry Road
Brook hallow Road N Efland Cedar Grove Road NC 157 =
Brawn Road Laws Store Road US 70
Bushy Gook Road NC 157
West Ten Road
Carl Durham Road Old Greensboro Road BUCkhorn Raad
Cavtness Jordan Raad NC Hurdle Mills Road 54
Chestnut Ridge Church Road Mt. Willing Road NC 86
Collins Mountain Road Old Greensboro Road Buckhorn Road
Compton Road Carr Store Road Chatham Count
Damascus Church Road Car )o MJ NC 86
Davis Road Orange Grove Road Jones Ferry Road
Dimmacks Mill Road Orange Grove Road Old NC 86
Doc Corbett Road Lynch Store Road Hillsborough MJ
Ferguson Road Old Greensboro Road Penecost Road
Friends School Road Jones Fen
Murphey Schoo! RoFerry Road
Gates Road Laws Store Road Mt Sinai Road
Gov Scott Road Hawkins Mill Creek Road Road
Gray Road N Efland Cedar Grove Road
Hall Ear, Road Berry Road Hall Dairy Road
Halls Mill Road Gray Road Holly Ridge Road
H Highland Farm Road N Efland Cedar Grove
armony Church Road Road
Hawkins Road N Efland Cedar Grove Road Alamance County
Little River Church Road
Hebron Church Raad West Ten Road NC 86
Hensley Road Allison Road Mebane Oaks Road
Hester Road Hurdle Mills Road Person County
Hunt Road Ormond Road
Kiger Road Schle Road
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Major Local Roads
Name From To
Hurdle Mills Road NC 86 Person Count
Kenion Road Highland Farm Road NC 86
Kiger Road New Sharon Church Road NC 57
Laws Store Road Walnut Grove Church Road NC 57
Lee's Chapel Road N Efland Cedar Grove Road Carr Store Road
Lonesome Road Mill Creek Road Harmony Church Road
Mary Hall'Road Laws Store Road NC 57
McDade Store Road NC 49 NC 86
McKee Road NC 57 Durham County
Miller Road Walker Road Hillsborough MJ
Mincey Road Schley Road NC 57
Morrow Mill Road Orange Chapel Clover Garden Rd Saxaphaw Road
Murphey School Road Old NC 10 Mt Sinai Road
Neville Road Old Greensboro Road NC 54
New Grady Brown School Road Dimmocks Mill Road Orange Grove Road
Nick's Road Oak Grove Ch Road Mebane Oaks Road
Oak Grove Church Road Mt. Willing Road Bradshaw Quarry Road
Ode Turner Road Davis Road Orange Grove Road
Olin Road Caviness Jordan Road Wilkerson Road
Ormond Road Wilkerson Road Walnut Grove Church Road
Palmers Grove Road Lawrence Road US 70
Pearson Road Walnut Grove Church Road NC 57
Penecost Road McDade Store Road Lynch Store Road
Phelps Road NC 86 NC 57
Richmond Road Lebanon Road US 70
Saddle Club Road Mebane MJ High Rock Road
Sawyer Road NC 57 Person County
Schley Road Walnut Grove Church Road NC 57
Stanford Road Teer Road NC 54
Tapp Road Hester Road Person County
Teer Road Orange Grove Road Stanford Road
Turkey Farm Road Mt. Sinai Road Whitfield Road
Union Grove Church Road Arthur Minnis Road Dairyland Road
Walker's Farm Road New Sharon Church Road NC 157
White Cross Road White Cross Road NC 54
Wildcat Creek Road White Cross Road Old Greensboro Road
Yarborough Road Buckhorn Road Mebane Oaks Road
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The functional criteria, as expressed in this document, are in primarily qualitative terms
with respect to travel patterns and usage. Because of varying geographic conditions,
(e.g., population densities, spacing between and sizes of cities, and patterns of the road
networks) Orange County's references to sizes of population centers and trip lengths
may be unique to Orange County in some instances.
A comparison of the distribution of Orange County's Functional Classifications for its
public road system outside municipal jurisdictions and the recommended functional
classification distribution by FHWA and NCDOT is depicted in Table 3. Below.
Table 3. Percentage of Total Road Network by Classification.
ORANGE COUNTY FHWA/NCDOT FHWA/ ORANGE
FUNCTTONAL FUNCTIONAL NCDOT COUNTY
CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
2 -4 3
6 - 12 9
20 - 25 27
65 - 75 61
C. ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS
Policy Issues
The functional Classification of Orange County's road system identifies Interstate/major
transportation corridors, arterial and collector roads. These form the basic roadway
infrastructure or skeleton for the movement of people and goods. In addition, the
functional road classification for major and minor local roads comprise the majority of
the system mileage and the greatest degree of interface between roadway and land
use.
A properly designed road system should have a sufficient number of evenly spaced
roads of each classification in order to adequately serve the desired land uses and
intensity of development. Because roads consume land and resources in addition to
capital and maintenance costs, providing more roads than necessary to serve such
demand is undesirable. A proper balance of roads serving each function is desirable to
serve the existing and planned land use as well as through or out-of-county travel.
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Road System Assessment
A qualitative assessment of the road system balance in Orange County indicates a fairly
well defined arterial system. Hence, the primary focus of this assessment is on collector
roads and major local roads served by the collectors.
The arterial system provides good north-south and east-west movement, with the
primary demand being east and west. With land use controls, there is adequate
potential capacity to serve existing and future traffic volumes. The east-west facilities
are fairly well spaced with NC 54 serving southern Orange County and US 70 located
slightly north of the middle of the County. The north-south arterial demand is served by
NC'49 (northwestern portion of the County), NC 86 (from NC 49 in northwestern portion
of the County to Hillsborough in the central portion of the County to Chapel Hill in the
southeastern portion of the County), NC 57 (central portion of County northeast to
Person County), and NC 157 (northeastern portion of the County).
The balance of collectors and major local roads in Orange County is assessed in regard
to the desired or expected future land use. For this assessment, the rural portion of the
County consists of Little River, Cedar Grove, Cheeks and Bingham Townships. The
land use plan and the land use goals and organizing concepts contained in the plan
clearly intend for development in the non-urban areas to remain at low densities in order
to preserve the rural character of those areas, to protect drinking-water supply
watersheds, and to cut back costs associated with the provision of County services.
With the exception of some continued urban transition along the US 70 corridor
between Hillsborough and Mebane, the land use plan envisions the rural areas to
continue to be agricultural with low-density residential uses requiring no urban utility
services.
The existing collector and major local road systems are well developed in both north-
south and east-west directions in the County. The average spacing between collectors
or from collectors to arterials is three (3) miles. Spacing of the major local roads is more
frequent, forming a finer network of roads. Spatially, there does not appear to be a
deficiency in the collector and major road system. There are several large
"superblocks" ranging from 1,550 to 3,880 acres. These areas are shown in Map 2.
Descriptions of these superblocks, by township, follow.
Bingham Township
• Area bounded by NC 54 on the south, Dodsons Crossroads South (SR 1102) on the
east, Dairyland Road (SR 1177) on the north, and Orange Grove Road (SR 1006)
on the west.
• Area bounded by Dodsons Crossroads South (SR 1102) on the west, Dairyland
Road (SR 1177, SR 1113 and SR 1112) on the north and east, Bethel-Hickory
Grove Church Road (SR 1104) on the south and east, and NC 54 on the south.
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• Area bounded by NC 54 on the north, Wildcat Creek Road (SR 1953) on the east,
Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005) on the south, and Orange Chapel Clover Garden
(SR 1956) and Morrow Mill Road (SR 1958) on the west.
• Area bounded by Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005) on the north, Ferguson Road
(SR 1948) and Jones Ferry Road (SR 1942) on the east, the Chatham County line
on the south, and White Cross Road (SR 1951) on the west.
Cedar Grove Township
• Area bounded by Harmony Church Road (SR 1350, SR 1341) on the north, Mill
Creek Road (SR 1343) on the east, High Rock Road (SR1340) on the south, and
Lynch Store Road (SR 1364) on the west.
• Area bounded by NC 86 on the east, Kenion Road (SR 1335) on the south, Highland
Farm Road (SR 1332) and N. Efland Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004) on the west, and
Carr Store Road (SR 1352) on the north.
• Area bounded by Schley Road (SR 1548) on the north, NC 57 on the east, Phelps
road (SR 1551) on the south, and NC 86 and Walnut Grove Church Road (SR 1001)
on the west.
Cheeks Township
• Area bounded by High Rock Road (SR 1340) on the north, Ira Road (SR 1341) on
the east, Lebanon Road (SR 1306) to the south, and Doe Run Road (SR 1343) and
Mill Creek Road (SR 1343) on the west.
• Area bounded by Hall's Mill Road (SR 1336) and Highland Farm Road (SR 1332) on
the north; Coleman Loop Road (SR 1332), Frank Perry Road (SR 1379), and
Faucette Mill Road (SR 1328), Thompson Court (SR 9865) and Holiday Park Road
(SR 1390) on the east; US 70 on the south; and Brookhollow Road (SR 1338) and
Bane Road (SR 1337) on the west.
While roads in these areas are adequate for existing land use, depending on the
intensity of future development, some additional collector or major local road
construction may be needed in those areas. The following general guidelines should be
used in the County's review of future development plans with regard to the need for
additional roadway infrastructure.
Implementation Guidelines
SPACING: Based- on existing development and land use, current spacing is
adequate. If more than an additional 100 dwelling units are anticipated within one of the
superblocks described above, or in any area with greater than two miles between
arterial, collector or major local roads, consideration should be given to the construction
of a new public collector road or the extension of an existing major local road to further
divide the block.
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LOCATION: The initial planning for one.,of the above facilities would be to physically
bisect a superblock in order to derive the greatest benefit. However, there are
geographic considerations that may alter such placement. Major creek crossings and
severely steep topography should be avoided. Generally, the maximum grade for such
a facility would be approximately 7—9%.
NEED: Because different levels and types of development intensity will generate
varying amounts of traffic, the need for additional facilities should be determined based
on the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan and on specific development
plans. The Planning Staff should review transportation needs as development occurs,
as, provided for in Article 13 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. Any needed
additional collector or major local road facilities should be provided as public roads in
order to ensure maintenance and access by the general public.
D. OTHER SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS
Non-Motorized Transportation
Orange County's transportation system is dominated by the road network but is not
entirely defined by it. Rail facilities and air services are also part of the transportation
system and contribute to the movement of people and goods through Orange County.
In addition, non-motorized transportation is a component of transportation and is
included in this plan as a bicycle transportation component. The Orange County Board
of County Commissioners adopted A Bicycle Transportation Plan on April 6, 1999.
Rail Transportation
Orange County is served by the Southern Railroad which traverses the central portion
of the County in an east/west direction running parallel to the 1-85/US 70 corridor
through Eno, Hillsborough and Cheeks Townships. The Southern Railroad also serves
the southern portion of the Carrboro/Chapel Hill area although that segment of the line
is now rarely used.
Air Transportation
Orange County is served by one publicly-owned airport. Horace Williams, a general
aviation airport, is owned and operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. In recent decades, the airport has become surrounded by concentrated residential
development resulting in conflict between development and airport operations. In an
effort to reduce the level of conflict between the airport and its environs, the University
has elected to impose a fifty craft limit on based aircraft and a corresponding ceiling on
aircraft activity, effectively limiting the airport to one-third of its full service capacity. This
action has not assuaged concerns of residents of surrounding neighborhoods who
continue to exert pressure aimed at closing the airport. A study commissioned in 1988
to find another location for a County airport could not identify a suitable location.
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E. GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES
GOAL: DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED, FULLY ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE PRESENT
AND FUTURE TRAVEL DEMAND WITH COST EFFECTIVE FACILITIES
AND MINIMUM ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO THE
COMMUNTIY.
Objective 1: Provide a functional classification system for existing Orange County
roads consistent with current usage and in accordance with land use
' provisions of the Comprehensive Plan.
Policies: Adopt subdivision regulations that protect major corridors by: a) requiring
adequate right-of-way for potential future improvements; and b) limiting
access onto those corrdiors.
• Adopt subdivision regulations that protect the rural character of Orange
County by requiring natural buffers around subdivisions accessing major
local roads.
Objective 2: Work with nearby jurisdictions to integrate Orange County plans with
regional goals and objectives for an intermodal transportation system to
meet projected travel demand that reduces congestion and reliance on
single occupancy vehicles.
Policies: • Participate in the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning
Organization at the advisory level and research/data for the regional
transportation model.
Provide staff support for the Commission for the Environment to analyze
existing air quality regulations with respect to transportation and research
possible mitigation procedures.
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(Proposed amendments are highlighted in underlined print; proposed deletions are
shown in StFike+hr. Ug4 print.)
3.6 CEDAR GROVE TOWNSHIP
Circulation
A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System is
used to describe Orange County's road network (see Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION
of this plan for complete description). This system describes parts of the network
according to mobility and access factors. The most important roads, Interstates and
arterial highways, provide the shortest travel time and best service between important
activity centers. Roads of lesser importance, collector roads, do not provide as high a
level of service, but do provide large areas with access to major roads. Local roads
have the most limited service capacity, but in the aggregate serve to provide large land
areas with access to the collector and arterial systems.
The two most traveled roads in Cedar Grove Township are arterial highways NC 86,
extending northwest from Hillsborough towards Yanceyville; and NC 49 which bisects
the northwest quarter of the township, running northeast from the Alamance County
line. The two roads join just south of the Caswell County line near the community of
Prospect Hill.
Other important roads in the township include the collectors N. Efland - Cedar Grove
Road (SR 1004 and SR 1357), Carr Store Road (SR 1004 and SR 1352), Corbett Ridge
Road (SR 1004), Walnut Grove Church Road (SR 1001), Little River Church Road (SR
1543), Wilkerson Road (SR 1507), Lynch Store Road (SR 1364), Saw Mill Road (SR
1545), and Mill Creek Road (SR 1343). These roads provide the most direct access to
the arterial system in the northern part of the county. All other roads provide a local level
of service.
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3.7 LITTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP 69
Circulation
A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System is
used to describe Orange County's road network(see Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION
of this plan for complete description). This system describes parts of the network
according to mobility and access factors. The most important roads, Interstates and
arterial highways, provide the shortest travel time and best service between important
activity centers. Roads of lesser importance, collector roads, do not provide as high a
level of service, but do provide large areas with access to major roads. Local roads
have the most limited service capacity, but in the aggregate serve to provide large land
areas with access to the collector and arterial systems.
The two major roads in Little River Township are arterial highways: NC 57, extending
northeasterly from Hillsborough to Roxboro; and NC 157 which runs in a southeasterly
direction toward the City of Durham. These two routes form an "X" pattern which
intersects in the center of the Township in the community of Caldwell. The-selles#ef
Other important roads in the Township include the collectors New Sharon Church Road
(SR 1538), Holly Ridge Road (SR 1524). Schley Road (SR 1548), and Little River
Church Road (SR 1543). All other roads serve primarily local traffic.
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3.8 CHEEKS TOWNSHIP 71
Circulation
A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System is
used to describe Orange County's road network (see Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION
of this plan for complete description). This system describes parts of the network
according to mobility and access factors. The most important roads, Interstates and
arterial highways, provide the shortest travel time and best service between important
activity centers. Roads of lesser importance, collector roads, do not provide as high a
level of service, but do provide large areas with access to major roads. Local roads
have the most limited service capacity, but in the aggregate serve to provide large land
areas with access to the collector and arterial systems.
All principal east-west transportation corridors through
Orange County run through Cheeks Township. Major east-west highway corridors
include Mnine and one-half miles of interstate highway (1-85); and over seven miles of e
ffajeF arterial highway (US 70),. In addition, eEight miles of rail line (Southern RR)
traverse the township following those major east-west highway corridors.
. The pr+esipal collector routes are:
N. Efland Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004-1357), S. Efland Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004
Forrest Ave (SR 1322), 1-85 Connector, Buckhorn Road (SR 1114), Mt. Willing Road
(SR 1120), Mebane Oaks Road (SR 1007), Bowman Road (SR 1142), West Ten Road
(SR 1144), Lebanon Road (SR 1306) west of SR 1004, Frazier Road (SR1342 and
SR1310) High Rock Road (SR1340), Highland Farm Road (SR1332) and Mill Creek
Road (SR 1343).
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Cheeks Township's transportation network adequately connects the Township with such
population centers as Burlington, Durham,. and-Chapel Hill,.
Raleigh and the Research Triangle Park-withiR elG se
tFaYeliRg time of the . In addition, Cheeks Township's transportation system
places it in direct line of the northern Piedmont growth area of North Carolina.
Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, Burlington, Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh
are the major centers of this growing region. The strategic location of the Township in
the region,
!Rter-stat 86, US'* :70 and the 69UtheFR Railway , makes Cheeks Township
attractive to MUStFial economic development interests.
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3.9 HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP
Circulation
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A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System is
used to describe the road network in Orange County (see Section 2.6 —
TRANSPORTATION of this plan for the complete description). The system describes
segments of the road network based on mobility and access factors. The most
important roads, Interstates and arterial highways, provide the best level of service as
measured in travel time to and from major activity centers. Roads of lesser importance,
collector roads, do not provide as high a level of service, but do provide areas with
access to major roads and secondary access to activity centers. Local roads provide
the most limited service capacity, but, in the aggregate, provide large land areas with
6+5access to more important roads and highways.
The County's major east/west and north/south transportation routes intersect in
Hillsborough Township, making it a central point in the County transportation network.
Major The east/west corridors sei;sists-9 are Interstate-85, US 70 (an arterial road) and
the Southern Railroad. Major T-he north/south system sensists-e# corridors include
Interstate-40, arterial State—M highways, NC 86 and NC 57, aleng with and two
impeAaRt lesal collector roads, Old NC 86 (SR 1009) south of 1-40 and Orange Grove
Road (SR 1006). (Old NC 86 north of 1-40 is classified as an arterial.) et+en;
. Other important collector roads in
Hillsborough Township are Old NC 10 (SR 1710). and Coleman Loop Road (SR 1334
and SR 1332). All other roads provide a local level of service.
elaseffied as aFteFial Feads; US 79 and its Bypass, NG 86, NG 5:7, Old NG 86, and
MaFy's Read (814 1902). St. MaFy's Read angler, ReFtheast eut ef HillsbeF9ugh aPA
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speeds FRaFked by an „
limits, the 4987-
, *"Fted that.
8,900 vehial
r r
a ” five FAph speed limit. ReeeFded tFaffie- eeumts in 1987 weFe :7,600 Ypd feF U's 7-0
Bypass east ef Town, 7-,Iggipd fe-r- NG 8-6% seuth ef Old NG 19, and 6,699 Ypd feF NG.
,
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Read te 2,799 9R NG .
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64,000 vehisler, PeF day. The 1086 ayeFage daily tFaffis eeuRt feF 1 86 at willsbemug�t
'8,'
of 48,909 vehi-eles peF day.
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3.10 ENO TOWNSHIP
Circulation
A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System is
used to describe Orange County's road network (see Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION
of this plan for complete description). This system describes parts of the network
according to mobility and access factors. The most important roads, Interstates and
arterial highways, provide the shortest travel time and best service between important
activity centers. Roads of lesser importance, collector roads, do not provide as high a
level of service, but do provide large areas with access to major roads. Local roads
hale the most limited service capacity, but in the aggregate serve to provide large land
areas with access to the collector and arterial systems.
Orange County's principal east/west transportation corridors traverses the southern half
of Eno Township. These corridors semis-9 are Interstate 85, the-aFtedat US Highway
70, an arterial roaA lke eeile8t9F Fead Old NC 10 (SR1710), a collector road, and a
main line of Southern Railroad. The north/south transportation network is much less
pronounced with the ^^"°^; Pleasant Green Road/Schley Road (SR1567/SR1548),
collector roads, serving as the major route. The aFteFial St. Mary's Road (SR 1002) and
the seReete New Sharon Church Road (SR 1538) also serve as important collector
roads cempeaeMG of the Township circulation network, angling northeast out of
Hillsborough towards Treyburn in northern Durham County. AFr additienal aFteFial Fead,
Other collectors roads serving EnoTownship are NC 751, University
Station Road (SR 1712). Mt. Herman Church Road (SR 1713), Lawrence Road (SR
1561 and SR 1709), New Hope Church Road (SR 1723) and Cole Mill Road (SR 1569).
feed inte the Tew ,
peFipheFy-.
,
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speeds FnaFked by and 'I-' level of sewise.
The 41386 aveFage daily velumes FaRged fFeFn 4,300 vehirales peF day (vpd) 8A Gele Mill
, had aR
ag /�, , but it dFepped te 4,109 vpd just west
Yehieles peF day, plaeiRg all 0-the Feads well LiRdeF sapaeity. At fi� five ,
flew.
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Of the ,
FRph speed limA. QRly US 7-9 Bypass appFeaehes this sapaeity, with a 4987 aVeFage
,
line ia slightly lese thim h-Alf that, FeaehiRg 26,709 vehisles peF day. SveR a level ef
sefviee „
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3.11 BINGHAM TOWNSHIP 77
Circulation
A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System is
used to describe Orange County's road network (see Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION
of this plan for the complete description). This system describes parts of the network
according to mobility and access factors. The most important roads, Interstates and
arterial highways, provide the shortest travel time and best service between important
activity centers. Roads of lesser importance, collector roads, do not provide.as high a
level of service, but do provide large areas with access to major roads. Local roads
have the most limited service capacity, but in the aggregate serve to provide large land
areas with access to the collector and arterial systems.
The major arterial in Bingham Township's road network is NC 54 which provides the
primary east-west connection between the urban areas of Chapel Hill/Carrboro and
Burlington. Twe eOther important east-west routes are the aFteFial collector roads Old
Greensboro Road (SR 1005) Bradshaw Quarry Road (SR 1115). Arthur Minnis Road
(SR 1115\SR 1113),and the G9lleGt8F Fead Dairyland Road (SR 1177).
Major Tqe north-south collector routes are ,
leweF leye! of rsew Orange Grove Road (SR 1006),
, Dodsons Crossroads (SR 1102), Mebane-
Oaks Road (SR 1007) and Buckhorn Road (SR 1114). Other collector roads include
White Cross Road/Butler Road (SR 1951), Crawford Dairy Road/Orange Chapel Clover
Garden Road (SR 1956), Oak Grove Church Road (SR 1177) from SR 1007 to SR
1120; Mt. Willing Road (SR 1120)1 Jones Ferry Road (SR 1942). Saxapahaw Road (SR
1961) and Morrow Mill Road (SR 1958) from NC 54 to SR 1956, and Bethel-Hickory
Grove Church Road (SR 1104). All other roads provide a local level of service.
with a speeified level ef seimviee. A level ef seFyise 'G' or, ffequei;tly used as
ftem „
an '
F-'
A ,
eelle9teF Fead C.C.given ^ miles peF heUF speed limit and level ^Yj"b�sCb^—Fanger,
2445 vlp-d-. :�he estimated twe.way daily tFaffie 69WAtS feF 4987 aFe well within these
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F-9F the e9ileeteF FOad with the highest , ,
f
The #8ffie e9usts eR NG 64 iR 4984 weFe 6990 vpd east ef QFaRge GFeve Read and
8499 vpd west ef Bethel HiskeFy GFeve GhUFeh Read. Nth a !eye! of ` 'G' these
that, whiia
' ' 1 The 4987 estimated tFaffie seunt en the
etheF 1 Read, , plae;Rg it well within the !eye
Bingham TewFishlp Made. Between 4980 and 1984 twe way tFaffie en NG 64 iReFe
fmm 4609 -ipd te 6099 vpd east ef QFaRge GFeye Read and fFeFn 4790 vpd te 8490 YP-GI
a o
aR estimated a
Read,day, je Mae FeFd Read, and FeFgUB9R Read.
The stated pelisies of the 6aFid Wese Plan inealude 19 Will ,
11 11
be d1sae u Faged-
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3.12 CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP
Circulation
A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System is
used to describe Orange County's road network(see Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION
of this plan for complete description). This system describes parts of the network
according to mobility and access factors. The most important roads, Interstates and
arterial highways, provide the shortest travel time and best service between important
activity centers. Roads of lesser importance, collector roads, do not provide as high a
level of service, but do provide large areas with access to major roads. Local roads
have the most limited service capacity, but in the aggregate serve to provide large land
areas with access to the collector and arterial systems.
In part because of the area's physical boundaries, the circulation system for Chapel Hill
Township north of the JPA Joint Planning Area (JPA) cannot be separated out from
either the JPA to the south or Hillsborough and Eno Townships to
the north. At its most narrow north-south point the that region is only 1/4 mile wide, and
nowhere does the region's width exceeds 1 1/2 miles wide. While all major north-south
routes between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill pass through the a ea that portion of
Chapel Hill Township north of the JPA, few east-west roads traverse the area. There
are no major intersections in the area, although the junction of the collector road New
Hope Church Road (SR 1723) and the arterial road NC 86 lies just to the south within
the Joint Planning Area within Chapel Hill Township.
Interstate-40 is the major corridor in the Township running from the central eastern
township border in the Town of Chapel Hill to Hillsborough Township along Chapel Hill
Township's northwest border. Arterial roads within the township are NC 86 (north-south
route) and NC 54 (east-west route). Collector roads include. Old NC 86 (SR1009),
University Station Road (SR 1712), Old NC 10 (SR 1710). NC 751, New Hope Church
Road (SR 1723). Arthur Minnis Road (SR 1713). Mt. Herman Church Road (SR 1713).
Cornwallis Road (SR 1841 and SR 1716). Mt. Sinai Road (SR 1718 ). Whitfield Road
(SR 1730 and SR 1731). Erwin Road (SR1737) Mt. Carmel Church Road SR 1008
Dairyland Road (SR 1112 and SR 1231). Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005) and Jones
Ferry Road (SR 1942).
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APPENDIX F 32
ROAD FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION WITH SECONDARY ROAD NUMBERS OF ROAD SEGMENTS.
Interstates 1 Major Transportation Corridors:
Name From To
140 185 Chapel Hill MJ
185 Mebane MJ Hillsborough MJ
185 Hillsborough MJ Durham County
Arterial Roads
Name From To
NC 49 Caswell County Alamance County
NC 54 Carrboro MJ Alamance County
NC 57 Hillsborough MJ Person County
NC 86 Caswell County Hillsborough MJ
NC 86 Hillsborough MJ Chapel Hill MJ
NC 157 Person County Durham County
Old NC 86 Hillsborough MJ 1-40
US 70 Mebane MJ Hillsborough MJ
US 70 Hillsborough MJ Durham County
Collector Roads
Name From To
Arthur Minnis Rd SR 1115) Orange Grove Rd (SR 1006) Union Grove Ch Rd (SR 1179
Arthur Minnis Rd SR 1113) Arthur Minnis Rd (SR 1115) Old NC 86 (SR 1009)
Bethel-Hickory Gry Ch Rd SR 1104 NC 54 Dairyland Rd (SR 1112)
Bowman Rd (SR 1142) Alamance County West Ten Rd (SR 1144)
Bradshaw Quarry Rd (SR 1115) Mebane Oaks Rd (SR 1007) Orange Grove Rd (SR 1006)
Buckhorn Rd (SR 1114) US 70 Orange Grove Rd (SR 1006)
Butler Rd (SR 1951) NC 54 White Cross Rd (SR 1951)
Carr Store Rd (SR 1004) NC 49 N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004)
Carr Store Rd (SR 1352) N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004) NC 86
Cole Mill Rd (SR 1569) Pleasant Green Rd (SR 1567) Durham County
Coleman Loop Rd (SR 1334) NC 86 Coleman Loop Rd (SR 1332)
Coleman Loop Rd (SR 1332) Highland Farm Road (SR 1332) NC 86
Corbett Ridge Rd SR 1004) Alamance County NC 49
Cornwallis Rd (SR 1841) Murphey School Rd (SR 1716) Couch Mtn Rd (SR 1716)
Cornwallis Rd SR 1716) Cornwallis Rd (SR 1841) Durham County
Crawford Dairy Rd (SR 1956) Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005) Chatham Count
Dairyland Rd (SR 1177) Orange Grove Rd (SR 1006) Rocky Ridge Rd (SR 1113)
Dairyland Rd (SR 1113) Dairyland Rd (SR 1177) Albert Rd SR 1179)
Dairyland Rd (SR 1112) Dairyland Rd (SR 1113) Union Grove Ch Rd (SR 1179)
Dairyland Rd (SR 1231) Dairyland Rd (SR 1112) Carrboro MJ
Dodsons Cross Rds (SR 1102) Orange Grove Rd (SR 1006) NC 54
Erwin Rd (SR 1737) Chapel Hill MJ Durham County
Forrest Ave. (SR 1322) S Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004) Mt Willing Rd (SR 1120)
Frazier Road (SR 1342) End Lebanon Road (SR 1306)
Frazier Road (SR 1310) Lebanon Road (SR 1306) US 70
High Rock Road (SR 1340) Lebanon Road (SR 1306) Alamance County
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ROAD FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION WITH SECONDARY ROAD NUMBERS OF ROAD SEGMENTS.
Collector Roads (cont.)
Name From To
Highland Farm Road (SR 1332) N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004) Coleman Loop Rd (SR 1332)
Holly Ridge Road (SR 1524) NC 157 NC 57
Jones Ferry Rd (SR 1942) Carrboro MJ Chatham County
Lawrence Road (SR 1561) St. Mary's Road (SR 1002) US 70 AE
Lawrence Road (SR 1709) US 70 AE Old NC 10 (SR 1710)
Lebanon Rd SR 1306) Mebane MJ N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004)
Lynch Store Road (SR 1364) NC 49 Alamance County
Little River Church Rd (1543) Walnut Grove Ch Rd (SR 1001) NC 57
Mebane Oaks Rd (SR 1007) Mebane MJ x NC 54
Mill Creek Rd (SR 1343) Lebanon Rd (SR 1306) Carr Store Rd (SR 1004)
Morrow Mill Rd (SR 1958) NC 54 Orange Chapel Clover Garden Rd
(SR 1956)
Mt Carmel Church Rd (SR 1008) Chapel Hill MJ Chatham County
Mt. Herman Ch Rd (SR 1713) US 70 Murphey School Rd (SR 1714)
Mt. Sinai Rd (SR 1718) NC 86 Durham County
Mt Willing Rd (SR 1120) Forrest Ave. (SR 1322) Oak Grove Church Rd (SR 1117)
N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1357) NC 86 Carr Store Rd. (SR 1004)
N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004) Can-Store Rd. (SR 1004) US 70
NC 751 US 70 Durham County
New Hope Church Rd (SR 1723) Old NC 86 (SR 1009) Old NC 10 (SR 1710)
New Sharon Church Rd (SR 1538) NC 57 St. Mary's Road (SR 1002)
Oak Grove Church Rd (SR 1117) Mt Willing Rd (SR 1120) Mebane Oaks Rd (SR 1007)
Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005) Carrboro MJ Alamance County
Old NC 10 (SR 1710) NC 86 US 70
Old NC 86 (SR 1009) 140 Carrboro MJ
Orange Chapel Clover Garden Rd Morrow Mill Rd (SR 1958) Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005)
(SR 1956)
Orange Grove Rd (SR 1006) Hillsborough MJ NC 54
Pleasant Green Rd (SR 1567) St Marys Rd (SR 1002) US 70
S Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004) US 70 Forrest Ave. (SR 1322)
Sawmill Road (SR 1545) NC 86 Walnut Grove Ch Rd (SR 1001)
Saxapahaw Rd (SR 1961) NC 54 Alamance County
Schley Rd (SR 1548) NC 57 St Marys Rd (SR 1002)
St Marys Rd (SR 1002) Hillsborough MJ Durham County
Thom Road (SR Alamance County Mebane Oaks Rd (SR 1007)
University Station Rd (SR 1712) US 70 Mt. Sinai Rd (SR 1718)
1-85 Connector US 70 West Ten Rd (SR 1144)
Walnut Grove Ch Rd (SR 1001) NC 86 Person County
West Ten Rd (SR 1144) Mebane MJ 1-85 Connector
White Cross Rd (SR 1951) Butler Road (SR 1951) Chatham County
Whitfield Rd (SR 1731) Erwin Rd (SR 1737) Turkey Farm Road (SR 1730)
Whitfield Rd (SR 1730) Whitfield Rd (SR 1731) NC 86
Wilkerson Road (SR 1507) Walnut Grove Ch Rd (SR 1001) Person County
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ROAD FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION WITH SECONDARY ROAD NUMBERS OF ROAD 34
_ D SEGMENTS.
Major Local Roads
Name From
Allison Road (SR 1500} NC 86 To
Allison Road (SR 1501) Allison Road (SR 1500) Hensle Road (SR 1500)
Allison Road (SR 1355) Allison Road (SR 1501) NC 86
Art Road (SR 150 4) N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1357)
Atkins Road (SR 1366 Hurdle Mi!!s Road (SR 1504) Person County
Corbett Ridge Road (SR 1004) NC 49
Baldwin Road (SR 1554) Miller Road ....{SR 1554)
Boma Road SR 1503) Hurdle Mills Road SR 1504 St. Ma 's Road (SR 1002)
Ben Johnston Road (SR 1181 ( ) Person County
Berry Road (SR 1, 523 ) Hillsborough MJ 1-85 Connector
Bill Poole Road (SR 1536 NC 157 Person County I'll Bivins Road (SR 1573 } New Sharon Ch Rd (SR 15 8) Durham County
St. Mary's Road (SR 1002) Durham County
Borland Road (SR 1126) Chestnut Rdg Ch Rd (SR 1125
Borland Road (SR 1127) Dodsons Crossrds{SR 1102 } Dodson Crossrds (SR 1102}
owden Road {SR 1946 ) Arthur Minnie Rd (SR 1113)
eeze Road (SR Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005) Jones Ferry Road SR 1942)
Walnut Grove Ch Rd (SR 1001) NC 157
own_`iow Road (SR 1338) N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1357) US 70
Brown Road (SR 1516) Laws Store Road (SR 1517) NC 157
Bushy Cook Road (SR 1137 West Ten Road SR 1144
Carl Durham Rd SR 1950 { } Buckhorn Road (SR 1114}
Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005) NC 54
Caviness Jordan Rd (SR 1506) Hurdle Mills Road (SR 150 6)Chestn ut n R R1125
) Mt:Wlllin N 0
Mtd (Collins
Buckhorn Road (SR 1114}
Old Greensboro Rd SR 1005) Chatham County
Compton Road (SR 1353) Carr Store Road (SR 1352) NC 86
Damascus Ch Rd (SR 1939} Carrboro MJ
Damascus Ch Rd (SR 1940) Damascus Ch Rd SR 1939 Meachum Rd {SR 1939}
Davis Road (SR 1129 ( ) Jones Ferry Road (SR 1942)
} Orange Grove Road {SR fi 006) Old NC $6{ 1 QOg)
Dimmocks Mill Road (SR 1134) Orange Grove Road SR 1006
Doc Corbett Road (SR 1363} Lynch Store Road SR 1364 Halsbarou h MJ
Doc Corbett Road (SR 1370 ( ) Carr Store Road (SR 1 004)
Ferguson Road {SR 1948 ) Doc Corbett Road (SR 1363) Penecost Road (SR 1361}
Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005} Jones Feny Road (SR 1942)
Friends School Rd (SR 1719) Murphey School Rd SR 1716
Gates Road (SR 1519) Laws Store Road SR 1517 ) Mt Sinai Rd (SR 1718
Gov Scott Road {SR 1351} Mill Creek Road SR 1343 ) Hawkins Road (SR 15 8)
Gray Road (SR SR 1526 ) N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004}
Be Berry Road {SR 1523} Hail Dai Road (SR .1525
Hall Dairy Road (SR 1525) Gray Road (SR SR 1526
Halls Mill Raad (SR 1336 } Holly Ridge Road (SR 1524)
Highland Farm Road SR 1332) N Efland Cedar Gry Rd ((SR 1004)
Harmony Church Rd (SR 13 V) N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004 Ira Road (SR 1341)
Harmony Church Rd (SR 1341} Ira Road (SR 1341
Harmony Church Rd (SR 1350 ) Lonesome Road (SR 1350)
Hawkins Road (SR 1508 ) Lonesome Road SR 1350) Alamance County
} Little River Ch Rd (SR 1543 NC 86
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ROAD FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION WITH SECONDARY ROAD NUMBERS OF ROAD SEGMENTS.
Major Local Roads
Name From To
Hebron Church Rd (SR 1139) West Ten Road (SR 1144) Mebane Oaks Rd (SR 1007)
Hensley Road (SR 1500) Allison Road (SR 1501) Person County
Hester Road (SR 1512) Hurdle Mills Road (SR 1506) Ormond Road (SR 1510)
Hunt Road (SR 1540) Kiger Road (SR 1541) Schley Road (SR 1548)
Hurdle Mills Road (SR 1504) NC 86 Art Road (SR 1504)
Hurdle Mills Road (SR 1577) Hurdle Mills Road (SR 1504) Caviness Jordan Rd (SR 1506)
Hurdle Mills Road (SR 1506) Hurdle Mills Road (SR 1577) Person County
Kenion Road (SR 1335) Highland Farm Road (SR 1332) NC 86
Kiger Road (SR 1541) New Sharon Ch Rd (SR 1538) NC 57
Laws Store Road(SR 1517) Walnut Grove Ch Rd (SR 1001) NC 57
Lee's Chapel Road (SR 1360) N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004) Carr Store Road (SR 1004)
Lonesome Road (SR 1350) Mill Creek Road (SR 1343) Harmony Church Rd (SR 1350)
Mary Hall Road (SR 1520) Laws Store Road (SR 1517) NC 57
McDade Store Road (SR 1361) NC 49 Penecost Road (SR 1361)
McDade Store Road (SR 1358) McDade Store Road (SR 1361) N Efland Cedar Gry Rd (SR 1004)
McDade Store Road (SR 1354) McDade Store Road (SR 1358) NC 86
McKee Road (SR 1534) NC 57 Durham County
Miller Road (SR 1554) Walker Road (SR 1553) Baldwin Road (SR 1554)
Miller Road (SR 1555) Miller Road (SR 1554) Hillsborough MJ
Mincey Road (SR 1552) Schley Road (SR 1548) NC 57
Morrow Mill Road (SR 1958) Orange Chapel Clover Garden Rd Lloydtown Rd (SR 1960)
(SR 1956)
Morrow Mill Road (SR 1972) Morrow Mill Road (SR 1958) Saxaphaw Road (SR 1961)
Murphey School Rd (SR 1714) Old NC 10 (SR 1710) Couch Mtn Rd (SR 1716)
Murphey School Rd (SR 1716) Murphey School Rd (SR 1714) Duke Forest Rd (SR 1716)
Murphey School Rd (SR 1778) Murphey School Rd (SR 1716) Mt Sinai Rd (SR 1718)
Neville Road (SR 1945) Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005) NC 54
New G Brown Sc Rd (SR 1221) Dimmocks Mill Road (SR 1134) Orange Grove Road (SR 1006)
Nick's Road (SR 1119) Oak Grove Ch Rd (SR 1117) Mebane—Oaks Rd (SR 1007)
Oak Grove Ch Rd (SR 1117) Mt. Willing Rd (SR 1120) Bradshaw Quarry Rd (SR1115)
Ode Turner Rd (SR 1130) Davis Road (SR 1129) Orange Grove Road (SR 1006)
Olin Road (SR 1546) Caviness Jordan Rd (SR 1506) Wilkerson Road (SR 1507)
Ormond Road (SR 1510) Wilkerson Road (SR 1507) Walnut Grove Ch Rd (SR 1001)
Palmers Grove Rd (SR 1562) Lawrence Road (SR 1561) US 70
Pearson Road(SR 1544) Walnut Grove Ch Rd (SR 100-1) NC 57
Penecost Road (SR 1361) McDade Store Road (SR 1361) Lynch Store Road (SR 1364)
Phelps Rosd (SR 1551) NC 86 NC 57
Richmond Road (SR 1312) Lebanon Road (SR 1306) US 70
Saddle Club Road (SR 1346) Mebane MJ High Rock Road (SR 1340)
Sawyer Road (SR 1528) NC 57 Person County
Schley Road (SR 1548) Walnut Grove Ch Rd (SR 1001) NC 57
Stanford Road (SR 1100) Teer Road (SR 1101) NC 54
Tapp Road (SR 1513) Hester Road (SR 1512) Person County
Teer Road (SR 1101) Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) Stanford Road (SR 1100)
Turkey Farm Road (SR 1730) Mt. Sinai Road (SR 1718) Whitfield Road (SR 1730)
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36
ROAD FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION WITH SECONDARY ROAD NUMBERS OF ROAD SEGMENTS. `
Major Local Roads
Name From To
Union Grove Ch Rd (SR 1179) Arthur Minnis Road (SR 1113) Albert Road (SR 1179)
Union Grove Ch Rd (SR 1111) Union Grove Ch Rd (SR 1179) Dairyland Road (SR 1231)
Walker's Farm Rd (SR 1575) New Sharon Ch Rd. (SR 1538) NC 157
White Cross Road (SR 1952) White Cross Road (SR 1951) NC 54
Wildcat Creek Road (SR 1953) White Cross Road (SR 1952) Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005)
Yarborough Rd (SR 1138) Buckhorn Road (SR 1114) Mebane Oaks Rd (SR 1007)
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APPENDIX G
DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA
The first step in developing functional classification criteria was to obtain
the current FHWA functional classification maps for each of the surrounding
,jurisdictions around Orange County. The second step involved identifying the
most pertinent literature containing functional classification criteria:
a. Highway Functional Classification: Concepts, Criteria and Procedures.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration,
March 1989.
b. National Highway Functional Classification and Needs Study Manual.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration,
February 1970.
C. A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 1990.
d. Orange County Thoroughfare Plan Study Report. NCDOT, 1990.
e. Performance Streets, A Concept and Model Standards for Residential
Streets. Bucks County Planning Commission, April 1980.
f. Residential Streets, Objectives, Principles and Design Considerations.
American Society of Civil Engineers, National Association of Home
Builders and the Urban Land Institute, 1981.
g. Subdivision Regulations Orange County, NC. Orange County Department
of Planning, 1995.
h. Orange County Comprehensive Plan. Orange County Department of
Planning, 1995.
i. Orange County Thoroughfare Plan Study Report. North Carolina
Department of Transportation, Statewide Planning Branch, 1990.
j. Final Report, Comprehensive Transportation Plan Phase I for Orange
County, North Carolina. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., 1989.
k. The Orange County Economic Development Districts Design Manual
Orange County Department of Planning, 1994.
APPENDIX G 38
86 DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA
The third step was to compare all of the criteria in each of the above
documents to determine the attributes common to each functional classification
system. Then using the fundamental principles of each functional class, the
populations of Orange County's towns served and typical trip lengths
,(origin\destination populations and typical trip lengths determine the amount &
type of traffic on roads) were used to create functional classification criteria
characteristic of Orange County's road network.
Urban and rural areas have fundamentally different characteristics as to
density and types of land use, density of street and highway networks, nature of
travel patterns, and the way in which all these elements are related in the
definition of highway function. Because of these differences, this document only
classifies the public roads system outside of the municipal land use control
boundaries (for the Towns of Hillsborough and Mebane it is the extra territorial
jurisdiction and for the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill it is the transition area
boundaries). The classifications applicable within these boundaries are available
from each municipality.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Orange County Zoning Ordinance
(Proposed amendments are highlighted in underlined print; proposed deletions are
shown in-stFikethMWO#print.)
ARTICLE 4 ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMITTED USE TABLE AND SCHEDULE
4.2.10 Community Commercial-III (CC-3) District
b) Application Criteria
This district will usually be applied where the following conditions exist:
7. All property to be designated for new development under this
classification shall have direct access to majeF eellecABF stFeetG a
street classified as either arterial or collector as designated by the
adopted Comprehensive Plan.
4.2.11 General Commercial-IV (GC-4) District
b) Application Criteria
This district will usually be applied where the following conditions exist:
3. All property to be designated for new development under this
classification shall have direct access to FAajeF eelleSt9F StFeets, a
street classified as either arterial or collector as designated by the
adopted Comprehensive Plan.
ARTICLE 13 TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY
13.3 Applicability
Amended rimeept as desefted belew,
8-21-90 speeial use peFffift and site plans that Fneet the fellewing WiteFia.
800 WpsAay,
Site Plaw estimated t.Mffie. geneFated by the development eveeeds
8 8Road Functional Classification 40
Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments
Staff FeeemmeFidatief+.
assess.
Replace with following:
13.3 Apalicabilily
A traffic impact study is required for all uses that require a special use
permit and/or site plan and that have the following characteristics.
Site Access (Road Classification) Estimated Traffic Generation
Arterial* >800 trips/day
Collector* >350 trips/day
Major Local Road* >350 trips/day
*As designated by the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
Orange County may require a traffic impact study for any special use
permit or site plan application when a road capacity or safety issue exists.
If one is required, the County will notify the applicant of the reason for the
requirement.
An application estimated to produce more traffic than the threshold
number of trips per day to require a traffic impact study may be exempted
from that requirement if a traffic impact study has previously been
prepared for that particular application, and there is to be no change in
land use or density that would increase travel nor change in access to the
external street system, or, material is submitted to demonstrate that traffic
created by the proposal when added to existing traffic will not result in a
need for transportation improvements. Planning Department staff will
review material submitted in support of an exemption when determining
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whether or not to grant the exemption. If an exemption is granted,
documentation of the exemption will be submitted as part of the staff
recommendation.
ARTICLE 22 DEFINITIONS
Street or Road - A way for vehicular traffic whether designated as a
street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, freeway, road,
avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however otherwise designated.
Street or Road, Alley - Alley is a miRe local way used primarily for
vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting a
street at the front, and which is not intended for general circulation.
Street or Road, Arterial -
tFaffiirs, rre °S3GJna7-1°7fTtwelye h„ndFe d tFi°n n°r cloy. Fe F pui:pe ses ef_thes
regu;a+i. ns sueh otFeets inelude these se designated iR the
Ge.FAPFe.he i;r,*Ye olaR °. element the A street connecting widely
separated areas and designed to carry a large volume of traffic which may
be fast, heavy or both. Arterial streets are sometimes referred to as
"major thoroughfares". "freeways "expressways". etc., and are usually
numbered State or Federal Highways.
Street or Road, Collector -
,
designed te be used 9F iS used te eaFFY FReFe than eight hundFed tFips PW
day. street which carries traffic from minor streets to the major systems
of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of residential
developments. Collector streets may also be referred to as "connector" or
"feeder" streets.
Street or Road, Cul-de-sac - Cul-de-sac is a minor local street that
generally terminates in a circular right-of-way. It is used or designed to be
used to provide access to abutting properties.
Street or Road, General Factors to Definition For the purposes of
these regulations, terms relating to streets are defined as follows.
Determination of the classification of a street shall be by the following
criteria:
1) The elas ifie atie,n shall be based upe,n the pFejeeted
tFaffi° to be eaffied by the +, e.stated in teFFn _ef the n,,MbeF 9f
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#ips peF da -Its conformity to the Functional Classification Criteria
in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan;
2)
Its
relationship to the public road systems of surrounding jurisdictions;
3) Whenever a subdivision street continues an existing street that
formerly terminated outside the subdivision or it is expected that a
subdivision street will be continued beyond the subdivision at some
future time, the classification of the street will be based upon the
street in its entirety, both within and outside of the subdivision.
Street, Local - Local street is used or designed primarily to provide
access to abutting properties. It serves e" is .designed to sewe at least ten
.but net FneFe than twenty fiye dwelling uRite, and is expeeted te 9F dees
as the
connecting road system between other roads within a subdivision and the
thoroughfare system.
Street, Loop - Leep- Minor local street is used as a means for local traffic
to leave and enter other streets without turning around, but provides
access only to abutting properties. These streets are less than one mile in
length and have no collector characteristics.
Street, Major Local street greater than 1 mile Iona that connects with an
arterial or collector street and has an average daily traffic count greater
than 50. These streets provide access to collectors and streets of higher
functional classification.
Street or Road, Limiter Marginal Access
,
. A minor local street which is parallel
to and adjacent to arterial streets, and which provides access to abutting
properties and protection from through traffic. Marginal access streets
may also be referred to as"service roads".
Street or Road, Minor - MiRGF Local street is used or designed primarily
to provide access to abutting properties.
These streets normally or extend on a
block-by-block basis and have no collector characteristics.
Street or Road, Private -A street not intended for public use of or public
dedication and which serves a limited number of lots, and therefore is
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typically not built to Department of Transportation standards. It is
maintained by private property owners, and intended for those private
property owners.
Street or Road, Public - Public street is a street which has been
accepted for permanent maintenance by the State of North Carolina.
designed te sewe at least twenty six (26) but Ret FAer-e than ene hundFed
huRdFed (200) and eight hundFed (800) tFiPS peF day.
Amended Trip Generation Rates -The total count of trips to and from a study site
211188 per unit of land use as measured by parameters such as dwelling units,
acres, etc.
Amended Volume/Capacity Analysis The procedures used to compare the a
211188 volume of roadway or intersection approach to its capacity (maximum
number of vehicles that can pass a given point during a given time period).
The procedures are described in the 496— current Highway Capacity
Manual; Highway published by the Transportation Research Board,
Washington, D.C. Special Refit-7:
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Orange County Subdivision Regulations
(Proposed amendments are highlighted in underlined print; proposed deletions are
shown in-stFikethFGUO print.)
SECTION 11. DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise stated the following words shall, for purposes of this
Ordinance, have the. following definitions. Words used in the present
tense shall be understood to include the future tense. Words used in the
singular shall be understood to include the plural
ALLEY - A local roadway which affords only a secondary means of
access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
EASEMENT NON VEHICULAR ACCESS A ten-foot easement to
prohibit driveway or vehicular access onto an arterial, collector or major
local road in a development where access is provided via a minor local
road, a private road or a shared driveway.
PRIVATE ROAD -A road (also known as a private street) not intended for
public use e€ or public dedication and which serves a limited number of
lots, and therefore is typically not built to Department of Transportation
standards. It is maintained by private property owners, and intended for
those private property owners.
STREET OR ROAD - A way for vehicular traffic whether designated as a
street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, freeway, road,
avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however otherwise designated.
STREET OR ROAD, ARTERIAL - A street connecting widely separated
areas and designed to carry a large volume of traffic which may be fast,
heavy or both. Arterial streets are sometimes referred to as "major
thoroughfares", "freeways", "expressways", etc., and are usually
numbered State or Federal Highways.
STREET OR ROAD, COLLECTOR - A street which carries traffic from
minor streets to the major systems of arterial streets, including the
principal entrance streets of a residential development
. Collector streets may also be
referred to as "connector" or"feeder" streets.
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STREET OR ROAD, CUL-DE-SAC - Cul-de-sac is a minor local street
that generally terminates in a circular right-of-way. It is used or designed
to be used to provide access to abutting properties and sewee a limited
numbeF lets.
STREET OR ROAD, LOCAL - Local street is used or designed primarily
to provide access to abutting properties. It serves as the connecting road
system between other
+�roads within a subdivision and the thoroughfare
.system. it 'R�'seweT'e1 designed to sew + at least ten bUt R8t FReFe
seventy five andbAgn h"Adr-
STREET OR ROAD, LOOP - L-99p Local street +s-used as a means for
local traffic to leave and enter other streets without turning around, but
provides access only to abutting properties. These streets are less than
one mile in length and have no collector characteristics.
STREET OR ROAD, MAJOR - Local street greater than 1 mile long that
connects with an arterial or collector street and has an average daily
traffic count -greater than 50. These streets provide access to collectors
and streets of higher functional classification.
STREET OR ROAD, MARGINAL ACCESS - A minor local street which is
parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets, and which provides access to
abutting properties and protection from through traffic. Marginal access
streets may also be referred to as "service roads".
*Amended *STREET OR ROAD, MINOR- Mine F Local street4e, used or designed
10-4-82 primarily to provide access to abutting properties.
These streets are normally one
block long or extend on a block-by-block basis and have no collector
characteristics.
SUPERBLOCK - One of nine areas identified in the Orange County
Comprehensive Plan that range from 2,800 acres to 3,000 acres where
roads are adequate for existing land use, but where collector or maior
local road construction will be needed depending upon the intensity of
future development.
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SECTION IV.REQUIRED MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS
IV-13-3. STREETS- ROADS
1V-B-3-b-1, For subdivisions proposed in a strategic location within any of the nine
superlocks identified in the Orange Counter Comprehensive Plan a new
collector or major local public road or the extension of an existing_collector
or major local road shall be required to further divide the superblock A
strategic location is a one where considering the geography and
topography of the area, the road will bisect the block in a manner that will
Provide the greatest benefit.
IV-13-3-c-1. Widths - Right-of-way widths, measured from lot line to lot line, shall be as
wide as existing streets extended, but in no case shall said widths be less
than the following:
*Street Type Minimum Required ROW Width
(in feet)
*Amended
10/4/82 Arterial StFeet Roads 140
Collector Streets Roads 70
Local Roads (Major) 60
R9F Streets Local Roads Minor) 50
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IV-B-3-c-8. Access Restrictions -Where a subdivision adjoins a heavily traveled street
Amended classified as arterial,,er collector, or major local in the Orange County
4/4/88 Comprehensive Plan, in the interest of highway safety, the subdivider
shall be required to provide a common dFiyeway, access via a public or
private road, a marginal access street parallel to the arterial or collector,
or reverse frontage on a smaller street
. Where access is
available to any internal subdivision street, whether by minor local road,
private road, reverse frontage or other lot arrangement, private driveways
shall not have access to the arterial.,- of collector or major local road.
Access to the arterial, collector or major local road shall be restricted with
a ten-foot non-vehicular access easement along subdivision lots
boundaries adjacent to roads classified as arterial, collector or major local.
It is the intent of this section to minimize the number of points of egress
and regress to main roads within Orange County.
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*IV-B-3-e. Traffic Impact Study"-A traffic impact study shall be required of 95
*Amended subdivisions as defined in Section IV-B-3-e-3. The study will enable
2/1/88 Orange County to assess the impact of a proposed subdivision on the
highway system when that system is at eF FieaF eapaeity 9F a sat*
PFsbleFA ex+sts. Its purpose is to insure that proposed developments do
not adversely affect the highway network and to identify any traffic
problems associated with access from the site to the existing
transportation network. The purpose of the study is also to identify
solutions to potential problems and to present improvements to be
incorporated into the proposed development.
*IV-B-3-e-2. Applicability - ,
*Amended
2/1/88
8/21/90 A traffic impact study is required for all subdivisions that have the
following characteristics.
Site Access (Road Classification) Number of Lots or Dwelling Units
Arterial* 80
Collector* 35
Major Local Road* 35
*As designated by the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
feF the A subdivision estimated to produce more traffic than
the threshold number of trips per day to require a traffic impact study may
be exempted from that requirement if a traffic impact study has.previously
been prepared for this the particular project or development and there is
to be no change in land use or density that would increase travel and no
change in access to the external street system or material is submitted to
demonstrate that traffic created by the subdivision when added to existing
traffic will not result in a need for transportation improvements. Planning
Department Staff will review material submitted in support of an
exemption and will determine from that material whether or not to grant
the exemption. If an exemption is granted, documentation of the
exemption will be submitted as part of,the staff recommendation on the
preliminary plan. Orange County may require any subdivision approval
application to be accompanied by a traffic impact study when a road
capacity or safety issue exists. If one is required, the County will notify
the applicant of the reason for the requirement.
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