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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 24, 2003
Action Agenda
Item No. C.4.a
SUBJECT: Subdivision Regulations Amendment: IV-B-3. Streets
DEPARTMENT• Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes
ATTACHMENT(S):
Ordinance Amending Orange County
Subdivision Regulations
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Benedict Ext. 2592
Karen Lincoln Ext. 2594
TELEPHONE NU MBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane (336)227-2031
PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to the Orange County Subdivision
Regulations, IV-B-3 Streets, subsection IV-B-3-a.
BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners, on May 20, 2003, approved
recommendations contained in the Joint Orange Grove Road Transportation Group (JOGRTG)
Report and Access Management Plan, and authorized staff to pursue actions to implement the
recommendations. The proposed amendment to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations,
Section IV-B-3-a, would require developers of land abutting a roadway for which the Board has
approved an access management plan or similar corridor study to meet provisions recommended
by such plans or studies.
Elements of access management plans may recommend provisions to reduce conflict points such
as driveway spacing, street design and alignment and/ar provision of facilities for bicycles,
sidewalks, and public transportation,
Development Process Schedule, and Action
• Public Hearing November 24, 2003: No decision is made on the proposed amendments by
either the Planning Board or the Board of County Commissioners at the public hearing.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no immediate financial impact associated with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): Planning Staff recommends APPROVAL of the proposed
Amendment.
Administration recommends referring the proposed amendment to
the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board
of County Commissioners no sooner than January 26, 2004.
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Bold Text =Proposed Language
An Ordinance Amending the Subdivision Regulations of Orange County
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange, North Carolina,
that the Subdivision Regulations are hereby amended as follows:
(page 27) Amend Section IV-B-3 (Streets) by adding a new element, IV-B-3-a-1, to
subsection IV-B-3-a of the Orange County, NC, Subdivision Regulations to
read as follows:
IV-B-3. STREETS
*IV-B-3-a.
Amended
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~ tlts/ot The provision of street rights-of-way shall conform to and meet the
requirements of such adopted Comprehensive Plan for Orange County as
may be recommended by the Planning Board and adopted by the Orange
County Board of County Commissioners, from its date of adoption,
including, where appropriate, reservation for or dedication of street rights-
of-way for future transportation facilities proposed in the Comprehensive
Plan. A subdivider shall not be required to provide or dedicate
right-of-way for a proposed street to which access would be prohibited by
any governmental agency.
IV-B-3-a-1. Subdivision of land abutting a roadway for which the Orange County
Board of County Commissioners has approved recommendations
from a plan or corridor study is subject to provisions of the approved
corridor plan or study. The subdivider, in such cases, shall provide
any improvements or other means to ensure construction
recommended in such plan or corridor study, such as facilities for
bicycles, sidewalks, and public transportation. The subdivider, in
cases where the recommendations address access management,
shall use design elements recommended in the plan or corridor
study to reduce conflict points.
In addition, policies prescribed in Phase V of the Access
Management Awareness Project and Report, or other adopted
studies or strategies, shall be considered during subdivision and site
plan review to assess access management and other corridor design
considerations.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Orange County Commissioners
that this Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Amending the Subdivision Regulations of
Orange County" be adopted.
Upon motion of Commissioner seconded by
Commissioner ,the foregoing Ordinance was adopted this
the _ day of , 2003.
I, Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of
Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so
much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on
2003 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings
are recorded in the minutes of said Board.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of
2003.
Clerk to the Board of Commissioners
SEAL
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