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June 15, 2004 Page 503 5) The standard pavement cross sections must be shown on the plan. Pavement structure shall be 8" stone, 1 W" surface course with an additional 1" surface course applied when a majority of the construction is completed. CURRENT STANDARD: course. NCDOT requires an 8" stone base with 1 ~" surface 6) Right-of-way widths at a minimum of 50' will be permitted as shown in street typicals when at least three off street parking spaces are provided per dwelling unit. Street pavement width (figures do not include curb and gutters) shall be 20' for streets serving less than 20 lots, 22' for other local streets, 24' for collector streets without parking, and 28' for collector streets with parking. Curb and gutter is required. On streets with average lot sizes of one acre or greater curb and gutter shall not be required and NCDOT construction standards for right-of-way and pavement widths shall be used. Where three off street parking spaces are not provided, NCDOT standards for right-of-way and pavement width shall apply. CURRENT STD~NDARD: Local residential street - 22' of pavement on a 40' top 45' ROW Local Street (2/10 of a mile or less)- 18' of pavement with 40' of ROW Collector Street - 32' of pavement on a 50' ROW Curb and Gutter required for both street types. For developments with lots one acre or greater non curb and gutter streets may be used per NCDOT. Pavement width is either 18' or 20' with shoulders 6' to 8' wide. 7) Where a street is likely to become part of a city maintained system, road names shall be in accordance with that city's standards for suffixes and directional. All road names must have final approval by the Cabarrus County Planning Division for address purposes. CURRENT STANDARD: County reviews and approves all road names but the city suffix is not required. 8) Connectivity ratio for residential development: residential development with a gross density less than 1 unit per acre shall meet a minimum ratio of 1.2, residential development with a gross density between 1 and 2 units per acre shall meet a minimum ratio of 1.3 and all residential development with a gross density greater than 2 units per acre shall meet a minimum ratio of 1.4. The subdivision administrator may grant exceptions based on topography, environmentally sensitive areas, or other natural obstructions. The Planning & Zoning Commission shall consider appeals of those decisions. CURRENT STANDARD: from the County Subdivision Regulations: "The proposed road layout within a subdivision shall be coordinated with the existing road system of the surrounding area, and existing roads shall be extended whenever possible. This includes connection of the road system to the system within adjoining subdivisions whenever possible, and alignment of entrance roads with existing roads. "Where in the opinion of Planning Staff it is necessary to provide for road access to adjoining parcels, a reserve strip for such purpose shall be extended to the boundary of such property(ies)." 9) In addition to these specific changes the ordinance numbering system and certain definitions and terms have been changed to reflect current terminology. For example, the Cabarrus-Rowan Metropolitan Planning Organization used to be called KANLACON so the ordinance was changed to reflect this. Mr. Lentz introduced Carl Hill, Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and distributed a handout entitled "Cabarrus County Planning and Zoning Commission Recommendations for the Proposed Revisions to Cabarrus County Development Standards". Mr. Hill reviewed the Planning Board's recommendations as presented in the following handout. Cabarrus County Planning and Zoning Commission Recommendations for the Proposed Revisions to Cabarrus County Development Standards 1. Sidewalks - Mr. Starnes Motioned to keep the current sidewalk standard and to adjust the sidewalk calculation to use the platted