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May 6, 1987 Page 2
�.� passed unanimously by the Board and will be included as a part of the official
minutes of the April 8, 1987, Randolph County Planning Board meeting. It was
noted by the Board that this subdivision would be in the zoning jurisdiction of
the City of Asheboro, probably as early as May, 1987.
2. Hal Johnson advised the Planning Board that the Board of County Commissioners
had appointed 3 new members to the Planning Board to serve as Alternate Planning
Board Members: Lyndon Craven, representing the Coleridge area; Arlie Culp,
representing the Ramseur area; and Maxton McDowell, representing the Farmer area
of Randolph County. Linda Skeen, Clerk of Superior Court, administered the re-
quired Oath of Office for the 3 new Planning Board members as required by North
Carolina law, and these members were seated as new members of the County Planning
Board.
3. REVISION OF COUNTY LAND USE ORDINANCES: SUBDIVISION & WATERSHED PROTECTION
ORDINANCES:
This working session of the County Planning Board was in session to review
the final two land use ordinances that would be presented to the Randolph County
Board of Commissioners at a joint meeting of the Planning Board and Board of
County Commissioners to be held on May 28, 1987. The Planning Board was con-
sidering the final two ordinances that relate to Subdivision and a new Watershed
Protection Ordinance. These documents will be presented to the Board of County
Commissioners and will be eventually part of a Unified Development Ordinance
relating to land development for Randolph County.
A. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS:
The Planning Board approved the revisions to the Randolph County Subdivision
Ordinance, and recommended that this ordinance be forwarded to the Board of County
Commissioners. Hal Johnson, reviewed with the Planning Board the major changes
in the recommended ordinance. Some of the recommended changes include a special
provision to deal with the increase of mobile home subdivisions. The Planning
Board felt that manufactured housing should be regulated in the same manner that
site built homes are currently regulated by the County. Among the changes the
Board approved was the stipulation that all mobile homes in a mobile home sub-
division just be either a Class A or Class B (manufactured after July 1976) and
have a continuous skirting around the manufactured house. The Planning Board
felt that Mobile Home subdivisions should be constructed in such a manner as to
make them more compatible with site built homes that may be in the area.
The Planning Board also addressed the issue of Private Roads and the
standards that would be required in authorizing private roads in the County. It
was the concensus of the Board that tracts of land 5 acres or greater could be
fronted on a private road. However, this private road should be constructed in
such a manner as to equal N.C. requirements for a public road, and this road does
not have to be paved. The minimum right of way for a private road in the County
was limited to 45 feet to equal the N.C. Dept. of Transportation's requirements
for a road that would eventually be constructed to state public road requirements.
Hal Johnson advised that Board that one of the concerns that was expressed
by County citizens at the Community Meetings held around the County by the Board
and the County Commissioners was that citizens wanted to be notified when a major
subdivision was being planned in their community. Johnson explained to the Board
that a division of a tract of land was not like a rezoning request. However,
citizens in the affected areas wanted to be notified so that any concerns that
they may have would be addressed prior to final approval of the subdivision plat.
These concerns would be septic tank, building codes, and soil erosion controls.
By notifying the adjoining property owners, their concerns could be channeled to
the appropriate local or state agency.
B. WATERSHED PROTECTION ORDINANCE:
The Planning Board also considered a new Countywide Watershed Protection
Ordinance. Ginger Booker, Staff Attorney, PTCOG, advised the Board that this
was a recommended state model ordinance that was being considered by other
Counties to protect reservoirs in the Counties' areas of jurisdiction. The new
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proposed watershed protection ordinance is specifically designed to provide
protection for the areas around Lake Lucas, Lake Reese, Polecat Creek, and
Sandy Creek reservoirs. The proposal called for a 200 feet buffer zone around
the water that would prohibit any type of construction including septic tank
fields. The Planning Board was concerned that this 200 feet buffer would take
too much of a person's property, and they asked that additional study be given
to the buffer zone requirements. The Planning Board established Monday, May 11,
as a special meeting time where they can again review the buffer zone require-
ments so as to make a final recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners.
' 4. Being no further business the Planning Board adjourned.
RANDOLPH COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
Planning Director
Date - NOTARY