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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 24, 1997
Action Agenda
Item # C 4(a)
SUBJECT: Proposed Orange County Functional Road Classification Comprehensive Plan and
Ordinance Amendments
DEPARTMENT: Planning& Inspections PUBLIC H1E:ARING: _X—Yes No
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes_X No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Slade McCalip
-Draft Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan Extension 2595
Amendments
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough - 732-8181
Durham - 688-7331
Mebane - 227-2031
Chapel Hill -967-9251
PURPOSE: To consider draft ordinance and Comprehensive Plan Amendments for the update
to the Functional Road Classifications of the Transportation Element of the
Comprehensive Plan.
BACKGROUND: On June 4, 1997 staff presented to the Planning Board a process and schedule for
updating the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan; included in this
was an update to the road functional classifications. An amendment to update the
functional classifications is necessary because the maps in the Transportation
Element to the Comprehensive Plan depict planned roads that are not planned
anymore; some of the current functional classifications are not referenced by other
adopted plans and ordinances; and the existing classifications have been applied
to every road in the county's land use plamiing jurisdiction outside the
thoroughfare planning jurisdictions for the municipalities, making it difficult to
clearly and quickly identify the most important roads and also applying urban
road classifications to the roads in 45%of the county's land use planning area.
As a part of the Functional Road Classification System update, the planned major
thoroughfares adopted by Orange County municipalities (i.e., Hillsborough's
Northside Drive\Western Bypass) which are outside of a municipality's land use
planning jurisdiction will be presented for consideration and adoption by Orange
County. In this way Orange County can classify tiie proposed thoroughfares and
then protect the rights-of-way for those thoroughfares that are consistent with the
County's Comprehensive Plan.
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The update will also consist of deleting previously planned thoroughfares that are
no longer planned (i.e., Davis Road, Durham Outer Loop, the old alignment for
Eno Drive) as well as any reference to the NC 751 Connector.
Adoption of the FY 1997-98 BOCC Goals and Objectives on August 7 has made
it necessary to modify the schedule proposed to the Planning Board in June. On
September 3, 1997 the draft Functional Road Classifications and Map were
presented to the Planning Board for the first time. On September 24, 1997 the
Ordinance Review Committee reviewed the draft amendments related to the
functional classifications for the Subdivision Regulations and the Zoning
Ordinance.
Comments made by the Ordinance Review Committee were incorporated into the
draft plan and ordinance amendments. Then on October 14, 1997 the revised
amendments were presented to the Planning Board again. The Planning Board
unanamously recommended that the Comprehensive Plan and ordinance
amendments be scheduled for public hearing on November 24, 1997.
The Board of Commissioners approved the Public Hearing Notice with the
Functional Road Classifications for publication on November 3, 1997.
RECOMMENDATION: Article 20 of the Zoning Ordinance requires that the Zoning Officer's
recommendation be presented to the Planning Board within 30 days of receipt of an
application. However, Article 20.4 exempts any application for amendments to the
Zoning Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan by either the public or the County from
the provisions of Article 20.3. In either case, though, the public hearing is the time
scheduled for presentation of the Zoning Officer's Recommendation.
Zoning Officer Recommendation
Provided that the Planning Board and Board of Commissioners find in the
affirmative, the Zoning Officer recommends approval of the proposed text
amendments.
Administration Recommendation
The Administration recommends that the proposed amendments be referred to the
Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of
Commissioners no sooner than January 20, 1998.
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PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT
PLAN: Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
REFERENCE: Section 2.6 County-Specific Road Classification System
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: To consider ordinance and Comprehensive Plan Amendments for the draft update to
the road functional classifications of the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
Background: On June 4, 1997 staff presented to the Planning Board a process and schedule for updating the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan; included in this was an update to the road functional
classifications. An amendment to update the functional classifications is necessary because the maps in the
Transportation Element to the Comprehensive Plan depict planned roads that are not planned anymore; some of
the current functional classifications are not referenced by other adopted plans and ordinances; the existing
classifications have been applied to every road in the county, making it difficult to clearly and quickly identify
the most important roads; and the BOCC has directed that all references to the planned NC 751 Connector Road
be deleted from all adopted plans in Orange County.
As a part of the Functional Classification System update, the planned major thcroughfares adopted by Orange
County municipalities (i.e., Hillsborough's Northside Drive\Western Bypass) which are outside of a
municipality's land use planning jurisdiction will be presented for consideration and adoption by Orange
County. In this way Orange County can classify the proposed thoroughfares and then protect the rights-of-way
for those thoroughfares that are consistent with the County's Comprehensive Plaa. The update will also consist
of deleting previously planned thoroughfares that are no longer planned (i.e., Davis Road, Durham Outer Loop,
the old alignment for Eno Drive)as well as the NC 751 Connector.
Adoption of the FY 1997-98 BOCC Goals and Objectives on August 7 has made it necessary to modify the
schedule originally proposed to the Planning Board in June. On September 3, 1997 the draft Functional
Classifications and Map were presented to the Planning Board for the first time. On September 24, 1997 the
draft Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Amendments were presented to the Ordinance Review Committee. All
plan and ordinance amendments related to the functional classification of Orange County roads were presented
to the Planning Board at their Long-Range Meeting on October 14, 1997. The da.te for taking these items to
public hearing is November 24, 1997.
Existing and proposed plan text: (header on each page identifies text proposed for removal/addition)
Planning Board: 10-14-97
BOCC:
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COUNTY-SPECIFIC ROAD CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Policy Issues
Roads can be classified by the function they serve in the total road
LJ 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
0 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-
carrying 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 o_ 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 cor..sulting firm of
Rimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. of Raleigh, N.C. Rimley-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
1 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' ex��anded to include
the area within the Hillsborough study area but outride the city's
extraterritorial planning jurisdiction (ETJ) .
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Both of these data files are reproduced in Appendix A of the Kimlev-
Horn Phase I Report. 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)
- Paved 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)
NCOOT 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
The criteria described in Table 1 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 1 and
summarized in Table 2 .
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Comparison With Urban Study Area Classifications
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Where roads cross planning boundaries, the road classifications
were 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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TABLE 2
ROAD CLASSIFICATION
Orange County, North Carolina
Principal
ArteriaL Minor Arterial Collector (SR p) Minor Local (SR #) Minor Local (SR A)
LITTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP
(NONE) NC 57 (1524)HOLLY RIDGE RD (1515)8REEZE 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
IN (1548)SCHLEY RD E NC 57 (1519)GATES RD (1522)WAGONER DAIRY RD
(1523)BERRY RD (1529)COUNTRY LANE
(1525)HALL DAIRY RD (1530)NEW BETHEL CH RD
(1526)GRAY RD (1531)BACON RD
IN (1528)SAWYER RD (1532)MILE BRANCH RD
(1534)MeKEE RD (1533)BUNNY RD
(1536)BILL POOLE RD (1535)MeBROO14 RD
(1540)HUNT RD (1537)HOPKINS RD
(1541)KIGER RD (1539)RICHARD LANE
(1548)SCHLEY RD W NC 57 (1542)JACKSON RD
(1552)MINCEY RD (1578)SEASLEY 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 RD
(1004)CORSETT RIDGE RD (1350)LONESOME RD (1341)LIS 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)MCOADE STORE RD (1356)TOM POPE LOOP
(1357)EFLAND-CEDAR GROVE RD (1355)ALLISON RD (1359)OAKLEY RD
(1364)LYNCH STORE RD (1358)McDAOE STORE RD (1362)ALLIE MAE RD
(1545)SAWMILL RD (1360)LEE'S CHAPEL RD (1365)MT. ZION CHURCH RD
(1507)WILKERSON RD (1361)McDADE STORE RD (1367)CLAISORNE'S RD
(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)McCULLOUGN RD
(1383)ENO CEMETERY RD (1502)BURTON RD
(1500)ALLISON RD (1505)WHEELER'S CHURCH RD
(1500)HENSLEY RD (1509)RALPH'S DEAD ENO
(1501)ALLISON RD (1514)JIMMY ED RD
(1503)BAMA RD (1547)SRADSHER 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)NURDLE MILLS RD (1591)GREEN PINE RD
(1508)HAWKINS RD EAST
(1508)HAWKINS RD WEST
1 (1510)ORMOND RD
(1511)PRESTON GEORGE RD
(1512)HESTER RD
(1513)TAPP RD
(1544)PEARSON RD
(1546)OLIN RD
(1577)HURDLE MILLS RD
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ROAD CLASSIFICATION
Orange County, North Carolina
Principal
Arterial Minor Arterial (SR #) Collector (SR #) Manor Local (SR 1t) Minor LocaL (SR x)
CHEEKS TOWNSHIP
US 70 (NONE) (1114)BUCKHORN RD (1137)BUSHY COOK RD (1145)SQUIRES RD
(1120)MT WILLING RD (1138)YARBOROUGH RD (1309)SHAMBLEY RD
(1306)WEST LEBANON RO (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 (1393)PAYLOR ST
(1394)PERRY RD
(1399)REDMAN CROSSING
(1403)ALPHA ST
(1405)SHETLAND ACRES
GINGHAM TOWNSHIP
NC 54 (1005)OLD GREENSBORO RD <1006)ORANGE GROVE RD (1100)STANFORO RD (1100)TEER RD
(1102)DOOSON CROSSROADS S (1007)MEBANE OAKS RD (1101)TEER RD (1116)APPLE MILL RD
(1951)BUTLER RD (1115)BRAOSHAW QUARRY RD (1117)OAK 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)CRAWFORO DAIRY RD (1950)CARL DURHAM RD (1214)COACH WAY
(1956)ORANGE CHAPEL (1952)WHITE CROSS RD (1947)IVEY RD
CLOVER GARDEN RD (1953)WILDCAT CREEK RD (1949)FORO RD
(1954)COLLINS MT. RD (1955)DAWSON RD
(1958)MORROW MILL RD (1957)GOLD MINE LOOP
(1%1)SAXPAHAW RD (1959)MILIKAN RD
(1960)LLOYDTOWN RD j
(1972)MORROW MILL RD
(2004)WILLIS RD
(2024)SIONEY GREEN ST
(2025)EASY ST.
(2028)908CAT RD
(2029)PURA LN
(2030)WILDCAT LN
(2044)FOXFIRE RD
(2045)EDWARD'S OR
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TABLE 3
RECOMMENDED AND URBAN THOROUGHFARE PLAN
COMPARISON OF CLASSIFICATIONS
Thoroughfare
Recommended Plan Planning
Road Nacre (SR No.) Classification Classification Area
Jones Ferry (SR 1942) Collector Major Thoroughfare Chapel Mill
Old Greensboro Rd (SR 1005) Minor Arterial Major Thoroughfare Chapel Hill
NC 54 Principal Arterial Major Thoroughfare Chapel Hill
Dairytand 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 Locat Unclassified --
Mt. Willing Rd (SR 1120) Collector Major Thoroughfare Hillsborough
Bushy Cook Rd (SR 1137) Major Local Unclassified --
West Ten Road (SR 1144) Collector Major Thoroughfare Hillsborough
I-85 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 Hillsborough
NC 86 Principal Arterial Major Thoroughfare Hillsborough
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
Now 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 Number
Principal Arterial Major Thoroughfare 4
Minor Arterial Major Thoroughfare 4
Collector Major Thoroughfare 9
Minor Thoroughfare 1
Unclassified 1
Major Local Minor Thoroughfare 1
Unclassified 4
Minor Local Unclassified 1
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As can be seen from Tables 3 and 4, major thoroug.1fares 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 classifies; as a minor
thoroughfare, connects directly with Brookhollow Drive, another minor
thoroughfare. It is borderline between a collectcr 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 1976 Chapel
rHill-Carrboro transportation plan was only 60 feet but will be
upgraded to at least 100 feet as part of the D-CH-1_' plan.
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COLLECTOR/SUBCOLLECTOR ROAD SYSTEM
Policy Issues
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
classifications below the collector which comprise the majority of
the 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 desirably: to provide more
roads than necessary to service such demand. A proper balance in the
roadway system should be sought in order to serve the existing and
planned land use as well as through or out-of-county travel.
Road System Assessment
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 urioan 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 . j
The average spacing between collectors or from collectors to i
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 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 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 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 (SR
1340) on the south, and Lynch Store Road (SR 1364) on the west.
* Area bounded by NC 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) oa 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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While 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.
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Implementation Guidelines
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ac 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 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.
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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.
Rail 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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ORANGE COUNTY ROAD FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION
CRITERIA AND ASSIGNMENT
INTRODUCTION: Functional classification is the process by which streets and highways are
grouped into classes, or systems, according to the type of service that the roads are intended to provide.
Basic to this process is the recognition that individual roads 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 should play in serving the flow of trips over a road network.
The road network has a dual role in providing both travel mobility and access to property.
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, and travel time
and freedom from speed changes, but the most basic element is operating speed. Access to a property is
necessary at both ends of any trip.
Not only is there a functional hierarchy of systems (with interstate s 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 to a desirable functional classification to meet mobility
and access requirements. Local roads emphasize the land access function, arterial roads emphasize a
higher level of mobility for through movement, and collector roads offer a compromise between both
functions.
The purposes for developing functional classifications tailored to the Orange County
Comprehensive Plan include having classifications that are easily understood and visually distinct and to
insure that there is uniform criteria for functionally classifying all public roads outside of the
jurisdictions of the incorporated municipalities.
A road's functional classification is very important when determining its design, priority for
improvements, and the amount of right-of-way needed for improvements and new construction. Land
use planning is impacted by a road's functional classification in the following ways: a) on and off-site
highway improvements required because of subdivision and land development activity; b) the
appropriateness of the location for certain types and intensities of land development; and c) by requiring
access management if necessary.
Some functional classification criteria use tables that describe a range of average daily traffic
(ADT) that a road is intended to serve. This document does not include an ADT Table because a road's
function will remain the same no matter how much traffic is using the road, unless a parallel road with a
different design is built to carry the traffic on the existing road. ADT is used in conjunction with a
road's functional classification to determine design specifications and. the right-of-way needed to
construct improvements or a new road.
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Also, the ADT's typical for urban areas can be very different than those for rural areas e.g., an
urban collector road may be carrying more traffic than some rural arterial roads. The criteria included
herein is to be used to create consistency between urban, suburban (transition areas) and rural areas
under the land use planning jurisdiction of Orange County. It is intended that a road's functional
classification be used with projected ADT's to determine future improvements. Projected ADT's are
usually developed in a separate document, typically a Thoroughfare Plan Report or Future Traffic
Report.
It should be noted that the functional classifications in this document do not have to be identical
to those of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT) or those of the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA). The functional, or thoroughfare, classifications assigned by NC
DOT (by means of urban thoroughfare plans) to incorporated munipalties' roads within Orange County
are not necessarily compatible with the land use planning boundaries for Orange County; i.e., some of
the roads classified by NC DOT extend outside the extra-territorial planning jurisdiction and\or
municipal boundaries of the towns (see Map 1). It should also be mentioned that NC DOT thoroughfare
classifications are not consistent with FHWA functional classifications, and that NC DOT maintains a
copy of the FHWA functional classifications for use in determining eligibility for federal funding in
financing highway improvements.
DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA: The first step in
developing functional classification criteria was to obtain the most pertinent literature, to include the
following:
a. Highway Functional Classification: Concepts. Criteria and Procedures. U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, March 1989.
b. A Policy on Geometric DesigLi of Hig-ways and Streets. American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials, 1990.
C. Performance Streets A Concept and Model Standards for Residential Streets. Bucks County
Planning Commission,April 1980.
d. Residential Streets Objectives Principles and Design Considerations. American Society of
Civil Engineers,National Association of Home Builders and the Urban Land Institute, 1981.
e. Subdivision Regulations Orange County.NC. Orange County Planning Department, 1995.
f. Orange County Comprehensive Plan. Orange County Planning Department, 1995.
g. Orange County Thoroughfare Plan Study Report. North Carolina Department of Transportation,
Statewide Planning Branch, 1990.
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h. Final Report, Comprehensive Transportation Plan Phase I for Orange County, North Carolina.
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., 1989.
i. The Orange County Economic Development Districts Design Manual. Orange County Planning
Department, 1994.
j. Transportation Planning Handbook. Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1992.
k. Flexible Development Standards for Preserving Rural Character. Orange County Planning
Department, 1996.
1. Orange County Zoning Ordinance. Orange County Planning Department,N.C., 1993
The next step was to compare all of the criteria in each of the above documents to determine the
attributes common to each functional classification system. Fun,.-tional classification criteria
characteristic of Orange County's road network and compatible with it's adopted land uses were
developed using: a)the fundamental principles for each functional class; 1)) population served; c) typical
trip lengths; and d) origin and destination of the trips. The classifications applicable within the land use
planning boundaries for each municipality are defined by that particular municipality's cooperatively
adopted(with NC DOT)Thoroughfare Plan.
ORANGE COUNTY'S FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA: Orange County's
Functional Classification Criteria consists of the following four functional classes: Interstate\Major
Transportation Corridors (the highest mobility function and lowest bind access function); Arterial
Roads (next highest mobility function and typically lower land access function); Collector Roads (a
mix of mobility and access functions); and Local Roads (the lowest mobility function and highest
access function). Orange County's existing roads and planned major streets are classified according to
the function that they are planned to provide in accordance with the Land Use Element of the Orange
County Comprehensive Plan.
Interstate\Major Transportation Corridors
Major transportation corridors serve a key function in the orderly development of Orange County
as major traffic movers, as well as entrances to Orange County. These corridors and the character of the
development which occurs along them establish for visitors and resident dike an indicator of the quality
of life in the County, as well as the efficiency and safety of traffic movement through the area. In
addition, the ability of different areas of the County to attract and accomodate different types of
development depends on the capacity of the highway system, and the character and quality of
development along major corridors. The Interstate\Major Transportation Corridors provide the high
speed, high volume network for travel between major points in both rural and urban areas.
Interstate\Major Transportation Corridors include Interstates 40 and 85 and have the following
characteristics:
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a) Serve the majority of trips between urban areas with populations of
25,000 or more;
b) Have corridor movement where the majority of the vehicles using this facility
are making trips of 25 miles or more in length(suitable for statewide or
interstate travel); and
C) Are roads designated as interstate highways by the NC DOT and the
FHWA.
Arterial Roads
Arterial Roads are designed to provide for relatively less interference (access points or driveways
are minimized as much as is practical) to through movement than that of collector roads. Examples of
Arterial Roads include NC 86 and NC 54. Arterial Roads have the following characteristics:
a) Serve movements between all towns and communities with populations over
3,000, and other traffic generators of equivalent intracounty importance, such as
commercial/industrial areas, county parks, and agricultural areas;
b) Provide intra-regional and intercounty service that typically does not duplicate
the service of higher functional classes, but may in some instances;
c) Have corridor movements where most of the vehicles using this facility are
making trips of 10 miles or more in length;and
d) Are designated as NC or US routes by NC DOT.
Collector Roads
Collector roads primarily serve intracounty travel and constitute those roads on which(regardless
of traffic volume) the traffic flow is facilitated between local roads and arterial roads. Consequently,
more moderate speeds may be typical. Access points onto collector roads should be combined when
possible, although collector roads are designed to provide for more access to adjoining land uses than
arterial roads. Examples of collector roads in Orange County include Orange Grove Road and Efland-
Cedar Grove Road. Collector Roads have the following characteristics:
a) Serve smaller towns and communities(population approximately 500) and
link the more rural areas with nearby small towns\communties, or with routes
of higher classifications;
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b) Link the places in (1) above with nearby larger towns or urban areas, or with
routes of higher classifications;
C) Insure that all developed areas of the county are within reasonable distances of
arterial highways by way of collector roads; and
d) Are spaced consistent with population density so that all developed areas lie
within reasonable distances of a collector road.
Local Roads
All public roads not classified as interstate\najor transportation corridors, arterial or collector are
considered local roads. Private roads and subdivision streets for which NC DOT has not assumed
maintenance responsibility are not classified by this document. Local roads primarily provide access to
adjacent land, and provide service to collectors and other higher functional classes. Examples of local
roads in Orange County include High Rock Road and Laws Store Road.
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.
Each road's functional classification is depicted in the table and map at the end of this section.
EXTENT OF FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION: The functional criteria,as expressed in
this document, is in primarily qualitative terms. 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. It should be again emphasized that private roads and subdivision streets for which NC
DOT has not assumed maintenance responsibility are not classified by this document. This is not to
indicate that there may not be a hierarchy of streets designed or required for a subdivision by Orange
County.
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INTERSTATES\MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS
NAME FROM TO
140 185 CHAPEL HILL MJ
185 MEBANE MJ HILLSBOROUGH MJ
185 HILLSBOROUGH MJ DURHAM CO.
ARTERIALS
NAME FROM TO
NC 157N I NC 57 PERSON CO.
NC 157S NC 57 DURHAM CO.
NC 49 ;ALAMANCE CO. CASWELL CO.
NC 54 CARRBORO MJ ALAMANCE CO.
NC 57 HILLSBOROUGH MJ PERSON CO.
N.NC 86 HILLSBOROUGH MJ I CASWELL CO.
S.NC 86 HILLSBOROUGH MJ I CHAPEL HILL MJ
OLD NC 86 1-40 (HILLSBOROUGH MJ
US 70 MEBANE MJ HILLSBOROUGH MJ
US 70 HILLSBOROUGH MJ DURHAM CO.
ARTERIALS(PLANNED)-
NAME FROM !TO
NORTHSIDE DRIVE INC 57 ST.MARYS RD(SR1002)
WESTERN BYPASS US 70 INC 57
COLLECTORS
NAME FROM TO
ARTHUR MINNIS RD(SR 1113%1115) ORANGE GROVE RD(SR 1006) OLD NC 86(SR 1009)
BETHEL-HICKORY GR CH RD(SR 1104) INC 54 DAIRYLAND RD(SR 1112)
BOWMAN RD(SR 1142) ALAMANCE CO. WEST TEN RD(SR 1144)
BRADSHAW QUARRY RD(SR 1115) ORANGE GROVE RD(SR 1006) ALAMANCE CO.
BUCKHORN RD(SR 1114) US 70 BRADSHAW QUARRY RD(SR 1115)
BUTLER RD(SR 1951) OLD GREENSBORO RD(SR 1005) NC NC 54
CARR STORE RD(SR 1004) WALNUT GROVE CH RD(SR 1001) 49
COLE MILL RD(SR 1569) PLEASANT GREEN RD(SR 1567) DURHAM CO.
CORBETT RIDGE RD(SR 1004) NC 49 !ALAMANCE CO.
CORNWALLIS RD(SR 1716) MT.HERMAN CH RD(SR 1713) DURHAM CO.
CRAWFORD DAIRY RD(SR 1956) OLD GREENSBORO RD(SR 1005) CHATHAM CO.
DJURYLAND RD(SR 1177\1112)) ORANGE GROVE RD(SR 1006) CARRBORO MJ
DODSONS CROSSROADS(SR 1102) NC 54 ORANGE GROVE RD(SR 1006)
ERWIN RD(SR 1737) CHAPEL HILL MJ DURHAM CO.
FORREST AVE.(SR 1322) S.EFLAND CEDAR GROVE RD(SR 1004) MT WILLING RD(SR 1120)
JONES FERRY RD(SR 1942) CHATHAM CO. CARRSORO MJ
LEBANON RD SR 1306) N.EFLAND CEDAR GROVE RD(SR 1004) MEBANE MJ
LITTLE RIVER CHURCH RD(1543) WALNUT GROVE CH RD(SR 1001) NC 57
MEBANE OAKS RD (SR 1007) MEBANE MJ 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 CL GA RD(SR 1956)
MT CARMEL CHURCH RD(SR 1008) CHAPEL HILL MJ CHATHAM CO.
MT WILLING RD(SR 1120) OAK GROVE CHURCH RD(SR 1117) FORREST AVE.(SR 1322)
MT.HERMAN CH RD(SR 1713) US 70 CORNWALLIS RD(SR 1716)
MT.SINAI RD(SR 1718) NC 86 DURHAM CO.
N.EFLAND CEDAR GROVE RD(SR 1004) US 70 NC 88
NC 751 JUS70 DURHAM CO.
NEW HOPE CHURCH RD(SR 1723) OLD NC 86(SR 1009) OLD NC 10(SR 1710)
OAK GROVE CHURCH RD(SR 11 17)_ ME13ANE OAKS RD (SR 1007) MT WILLING RD(SR 1120)
OLD GREENSBORO RD(SR 1005) 'CARRSORO MJ 'ALAMANCE CO.
OLD NC 10(SR 1710) INC 86 1 US 70
OLD NC 86(SR 1009) CARRBORO MJ 140
ORANGE CHAPEL CL GA RD(SR 1956) MORROW MILL RD(SR 1958) OLD GREENSBORO RD(SR 1005)
ORANGE GROVE RD(SR 1006) INC 54 1
1 HILLSBOROUGH MJ
PLEASANT GREEN RD(SR 1567) US 70 !ST MARYS RD(SR 1002)
S.EFLAND CEDAR GROVE RD(SR 1004) !US 70 FORREST AVE.(SR 1322)
SAXAPAHAW RD(SR 1961) 114C 54 ALAMANCE CO.
SCHLEY RD(SR 1548) NC 57 ST MARYS RD(SR 1002)
ST MARYS RD(SR 1002) HILLSBOROUGH MJ DURHAM CO.
UNIVERSITY STATION RD(SR 1712) MT.SINAI RD(SR 1718) US 70
1-85 CONNECTOR WEST TEN RD(SR 1144) 'US 70
WALNUT GROVE CHURCH RD(SR 1001) NC 86 PERSON CO.
WEST TEN RD(SR 1144) 1 MEBANE MJ 1-85 CONNECTOR
WHITE CROSS RD(SR 1951) ,OLD GREENSBORO RD(SR 1005) CHATHAM CO.
WHITFIELD RD(SR 1730N731) :NC 86 ERWIN RD(SR 1737)
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PLAN: Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
REFERENCE: Section 3.6 Cedar Grove Township
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: To insure compatibility with the road functional classifications(Section 2.6)of the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the changes to Section 2.6 • TRANSPORTATION of the
Comprehensive Plan.
Existing and proposed plan text: (strike through text to be deleted and underlined text to be inserted)
Qmulation
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 )Ian 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 tirae 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; N C86, 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 Efland-Cedar Grove Road (SR1004), Carr Store
Road (SR1004 and SR1352), Corbett Ridge Road (SR1004), Walnut Grove Church Road (SR1001), Little
River Church Road (SR1543), PR364) Saw Mill Road
(SR1545), and Mill Creek Road (SR1343). 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.
Planning Board: 10-14-97
BOCC:
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PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT
PLAN: Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
REFERENCE: Section 3.7 Little River Township
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: To insure compatibility with the road functional classifications (Section 2.6)of the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the changes to Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION of the
Comprehensive Plan.
Existing and proposed plan text: (strike through text to be deleted and underlined text to be inserted)
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. , seryes as the southeastern leg of
poffer"-
Other important roads in the Township include the collectors , Schley
Road (SR 1548), and Little River Church Road (SR 1543). All other roads serve primarily local traffic.
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PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT
PLAN: Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
REFERENCE: Section 3.8 Cheeks Township
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: To insure compatibility with the road functional classifications(Section 2.6)of the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the changes to Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION of the
Comprehensive Plan.
Existing and proposed plan text: (strike through text to be deleted and underlined text to be inserted)
Cron
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 .md 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 tae collector and arterial
systems.
Cheeks Township contains the principal east-west transportation corridor through Orange County. Nine and
one-half miles of interstate highway (I-85), over seven miles of a maje arterial. highway (US 70), eight miles
of rail line (Southern RR) and several miles of locally important roads make up this corridor. The prineipetl
collector routes are: N. Efland Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004-1357), S. Efland (7edar Grove Road (SR 1004).
Forrest Ave (SR 1322). I-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) and
Mill Creek Road (SR 1343).
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PLAN: Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
REFERENCE: Section 3.9 Hillsborough Township
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: To insure compatibility with the road functional classifications(Section 2.6)of the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the changes to Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION of the
Comprehensive Plan.
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Circulation
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. The east/west corridor consists of I-85, US 70, and the
Southern Railroad. The north/south system consists of I-40,two State Highways,NC 86 and NC 57, along with
W,�e important leeeA collector roads, Old NC 86 (SR 1009) and Orange Grove Road(SR 1006).
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.
Interstates 40 and 85 are designated as interstates,while five roads in the township are classified as arterial
roads; US 70 and its Bypass,NC 86,NC 57, Old NC 86 (from I40 to I-85). St. Mary's Road(SR 1002) angles
northeast out of Hillsborough and provides a collector route between Hillsborough and northern Orange
County. Orange Grove Road(SR 1006)and Old NC 10 (SR 1710) are also classified as collector roads. All
other roads provide a local level of service.
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PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT
PLAN: Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
REFERENCE: Section 3.10 Eno Township
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: To insure compatibility with the road functional classifications(Section 2.6)of the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the changes to Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION of the
Comprehensive Plan.
Existing and proposed plan teat: (strike through text to be deleted and underlined text to be inserted)
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 ,end 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.
Orange County's principal east/west transportation corridor traverses the southern half of Eno Township. The
corridor consists of Interstate 85,the arterial US Highway 70,the collector road Old NC 10 (SR 1710)and a
main line of Southern Railroad. The north/south transportation network is much less pronounced with the
collector Pleasant Green Road/Schley Road(SR 1567/SR 1548) serving as the major route. The mtelpial
collector St. Mary's Road(SR 1002) 1(SR 1938)-sise serves as an
important components of the Township circulation network,angling northeast out of Hillsborough towards
Treyburn in northern Durham County. Aa Aadditional anal mad '`T:-
, C. 734 ewe collectors,NC 751.
University Station Road(SR 1712). Mt. Herman Church Road(SR 1713).New Hope Church Road(SR 1723)
and Cole Mill Road(SR 1569) feed into the Township's circulation system at the very southern and eastern
periphery.
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PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT
PLAN: Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
REFERENCE: Section 3.11 Bingham Township
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: To insure compatibility with the road functional classifications(Section 2.6)of the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the changes to Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION of the
Comprehensive Plan.
Existing and proposed plan text: (strike through text to be deleted and underlined text to be inserted)
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 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. 4we The other important east-
west routes are the mw collector roads Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005). Bradshaw Ouarry Road (SR
1115). Arthur Minnis Road (SR1 11 5\SR1 113). Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road (SR1104) and eke
eelleeter re Dairyland Road (SR 1177).
The north-south routes are more numerous but, on the whole, provide a lower level of service. They include
the collectors Orange Grove Road (SR 1006), White Cross Road/Butler Road (SR 1951), Dodson
Crossroads (SR 1102), Mebane-Oaks Road (SR 1007), Crawford Dairy Road/Orange Chapel Road (SR
1956), Oak Grove Church Road (SR 1177), Mt. Willing Road (SR 1120). Jones Ferry Road (SR 1942).
Saxapahaw Road (SR 1961) and Morrow Mill Road (SR 1958). All other roads provide a local level of
service.
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PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT
PLAN: Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
REFERENCE: Section 3.12 Chapel Hill Township
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: To insure compatibility with the road functional classifications (Section 2.6)of the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the changes to Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION of the
Comprehensive Plan.
Existing and proposed plan text: (strike through text to be deleted and underlined text to be inserted)
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 cannot be separated out from either the Joint Planning Area to the south or Hillsborough and Eno
Townships to the north. At its most narrow north-south point the region is only 1/4 mile wide and nowhere
exceeds 1 1/2 mile wide. While all major north-south routes between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill pass
through the area, 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.
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations
REFERENCE: Section II. Definitions
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: The proposed change below is intended to promote greater consistency with the
Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Ordinance definitions.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the changes to Section 2.6-TRANSPORTATION of the
Comprehensive Plan.
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SECTION II.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.
DEDICATION-A gift,by the owner, of land for a specified purpose, or purposes. Because a
transfer of property is entailed, dedication must be made by written instrument and is completed
with an acceptance.
*Amended *DWELLING UNIT-A room or group of rooms forming a
10-4-82 single independent habitable unit with facilities used or intended to be used for living, sleeping,
cooking and eating by one family; for owner occupancy or for rental, lease or other occupancy on
a weekly or longer basis, and containing independent cooking, sanitary and sleeping facilities.
Units otherwise meeting this definition but occupied by transients on a rental or lease basis for
periods of less than one week shall be construed to be lodging units.
Mobile homes and modular units are to be considered dwelling units under this definition.
*Amended *EASEMENT -A grant of rights by the property owner to
1-17-79 a portion of land for a specified purpose.
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*Amended *LOT AREA- The total horizontal area within the lot
10-3-88 lines of a lot exclusive of street or highway right-of- way and easements of access.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE - A continuous (through) lot which is accessible from both the
streets upon which it fronts on opposite sides.
*Amended *LOT, OF RECORD-A lot created by deed or plat prior
10-4-82 to the existence of the Subdivision Regulations. The area and dimensions of the lot shall meet
any regulations in effect at the time the lot was recorded. The lot of record dates are as follows:
Chapel Hill Township 12-4-67
Eno Township 3-2-70
Hillsborough,Bingham, Cheeks, Cedar Grove and Little River Townships 3-13-78
*Amended *MAJOR INTERSECTION-Any interSection where traffic
2-1-88 generated by a subdivision proposal will have significant impact on the operation of the
interSection.
PRIVATE ROAD -A road(also known as a private street)not intended for public use of 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.
*Amended *SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN-A plan approved>>y
10/7/91 the Orange County Board of Commissioners following a public hearing and which describes,
with reasonable certainty,the type and intensity of use for a specific parcel or parcels of property
located within the County's zoning jurisdiction. A Site Specific Development Plan shall be
deemed approved upon the effective date of the Board of Commissioners' action.
Site Plans, Special Use Permits,Planned Developments and Preliminary Subdivision Plats may
be approved as Site Specific Development Plans in accordance with Section 8 of the Orange
County Zoning Ordinance. Site Specific Development Plans are required only where an
applicant wishes to vest his property rights for a period longer than that otherwise permitted by
this Ordinance.
STREET-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,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, COLLECTOR-A street which carries traffic from minor streets to the major
systems of arterial streets, including the principle entrance streets of a residential development
. Collector streets may also be referred to as
"connector" or "feeder" streets.
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STREET, CUL-DE-SAC - Cul-de-sac is a 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
STREET,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.
STREET,LOOP -Leep Local street 44ised 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,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,MINOR-Nfinef Local street4 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.
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations
REFERENCE: Section IV-B-3-c-1. Street Minimum Required Right-Of-Way (TOW) Widths
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: The proposed change below is intended to promote greater consistency with the
Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Ordinance definitions. It should be noted that Marginal Access Streets
and Cul-de-sac streets are local roads by definition.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the changes to section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION of the
Comprehensive Plan.
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IV-B-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 fallowing:
*Street Tyne Minimum Required ROW Width
(in feet)
*Amended
10/4/82 Arterial Street Roads 100
Collector Stoats Roads 70
A.4—ia.er-Staets Local Roads 50
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance
REFERENCE: Article 4.2.10 Community Commercial-III (CC-3) District
4.2.10.7 Access
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: The proposed change below is intended to allow adequate access to Community
Commercial Districts,remove the major collector terminology which is not currently in effect, and provide
consistency with the access requirements for other commercial districts.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the proposed changes to Section 2.6-
TRANSPORTATION of the Comprehensive Plan.
Existing and proposed ordinance text: (strike through text to be deleted and underlined text to be inserted)
7. All property to be designated for new development under this classification shall
have direct access to a street classified either arterial or
collector as designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan.
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ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance
REFERENCE: Article 4.2.11 General Commercial-IV (GC-4)District
4.2.11.3 Access
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: The proposed change below is intended to allow adequate access to General
Commercial Districts, remove the major collector terminology which is not currently in effect, and provide
consistency with the access requirements for other commercial districts.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the proposed changes to Section 2.6-
TRANSPORTATION of the Comprehensive Plan.
Existing and proposed ordinance text: (strike through text to be deleted and underlined text to be inserted)
3. All property to be designated for new development under this classification shall
have direct access to , a street:classified either arterial or
collector as designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan.
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance
REFERENCE: Article 22 Definitions
ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board
X BOCC Public
Other:
Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997
Purpose of Amendment: The proposed change below is intended to promote greater consistency with
the Comprehensive Plan and the Subdivision Regulation definitions.
Background: This amendment is needed because of the proposed changes to Section 2.6 -
TRANSPORTATION of the Comprehensive Plan.
Existing and proposed ordinance text: (strike through text to be deleted and underlined text to be
inserted)
Street-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,Alley-Alley is a miner.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,Arterial- ,
A street connecting widely separated areas
and desired to cam a large volume of traffic which may be fast heavy or both Arterial
streets are sometimes referred to as "major thorougWares". "freeways" "expressways"
etc., and are usually numbered State or Federal Highways.
Street,Collector- ,
A
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,Cul-de-sac - Cul-de-sac is a local street that generally terminates in a circular 11
right-of-way. It is used or designed to be used to provide access to abutting properties.
Street,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)
Its conformity to the
Functional Classification Criteria in the Transportation Element of the
Comprehensive Plan;
2)
Its relationsh!12 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 classifZation of the street will be
based upon the street in its entirety,both within and outside of the subdivision.
Street,Limited Marginal Access
flejed ef Pfohihissigi-
Mm&W assess sosets me one me—laws 1&k:11-im-king and eon ling assess te ffiftewisal ,
. 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,Local- Local street is used or designed primarily to provide access to abutting
properties. It serves
tFips per- as the connecting road system between other roads within a subdivision and
the thoroughfare system.
Street,Loop-keep-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 lenp-th and have no collector ciaaracteristics.
Street,Minor- Mine F Local street is used or designed primarily to provide access to
abutting properties.
per-Aay. These streets are
normally one block long or extend on a block-by-block basis and have no collector
characteristics.
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Street, Private - A street(also known as a private road) not intended for public use 4 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,Public-Public street is a street which has been accepted for permanent
maintenance by the State of North Carolina.
Ho
SOSO, i4 seo-wes Aff.is designed te sef*e at least twenty sim(26)but net ffi-ffife 4--aa ene
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