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oRANG~ coox~r <br />BOARD of caMMlssIONEIts <br />ACTION A6$NDA ITEM !-BSTRACT <br />Meeting Dates November 18. 1986 <br />xtem~~ <br />SUBJECT: POLICY - APPLICATION OF AMENDIKENT3 TO <br />80NING ORDINANCE AND $UBIDIVISION REGULATIONS <br />046 <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: PLAt1NING PIIBLIC SEARING: Ye8 ~~O <br /> <br />A2'TACNMSNTS: CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br />TBLEPSONE MOl~1BBRS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Bill 967-9251 <br />aurham 88$-7331 <br />Mebane ?27-3031 <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To consider amending a policy established 10-b-86 <br />which excluded subdivisions having received <br />preliminary plat approval and planned <br />developments from compliance with amendments to <br />• the Boning Ordinance and Subdivision Regalations. <br />The policy amendaent. if approved. would farther <br />exclude subdivisions which vtere being developed <br />in phases and for which sketch plan appraval had <br />been granted to the final phasets). <br />NEED: At its November 3. 1986 meeting. the Board of <br />Commissioners considered the preli~aiinary plat of <br />Mel-Oaks Subdivision Phase IV. The sabdivision <br />was developed in phases, with Phases I-III having <br />received preliminary and final approval. Lots in <br />each of the first three phases ranged from 40.000 <br />to 44.000 square feet in area. <br />Phase IV of hel-Oaks i6 a six-lot subdivision <br />located adjacent to a street extending eastward <br />from Phase II. The property is located in the <br />Rural Buffer which presently requires a twa-acre <br />minimum lot size. Lot sines proposed in the <br />subdivision average slightly over 40.000 square <br />feet in size. The Planning Board recommended <br />approval of the six-lot design since sketch plan <br />approval had been given prior to August 5, 1986. <br />the date of adoption of the JPA Land Use Plan. <br />and compliance with the two-acre requirement <br />would result in differing lot sizes with~.n the <br />• <br />