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• <br />O Rr A N G E C O U N T Y ~$'~ <br />90ARp OF COMMiSS10NERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date June ~_f, 1987 <br />Action da <br />Item <br />SUBJECT: POLICY - APPEICATION OF SECTION 111-D-4-a OF THE <br />SUBDIVISION REGUTATiONS <br />ACTION BY; June 16, 1987 <br />DEPARTMENT; Pi.ANNiNG PUBLIC HEARING Yes „~„_ No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT; Marvin Collins <br />Section III-D-4-a - Subdivision Regulations <br />Section V - Subdivision Regulations <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br />• PURPOSE: C s ' <br />on lderat~on of a policy for applying the provisions of <br />Section Ili-D-4-a of the Subdivision Regulations to maJor <br />subdivisions. <br />BACKGROUND; Section Ili-D-4-a of the Subdivisian Regulations outlines <br />the procedures for preliminary subdivision plat approval. <br />Among the procedures is the following requirement; <br />"in cases where the completion and development of th® <br />subdivision would require permits granted by an agency, that <br />agency shad officially approve by certtft~afe ar n rmit <br />the subdivision proposal." <br />Agencies which review preliminary plats for major <br />subdivisions include NCDOT, public water/sewer providers, <br />the N.C. Division of Environmental Management, the N.C. <br />Division of Health Services, local school boards, the Soil <br />and Water Conservation Service, and Planning and Health <br />Departments, including Erosion Control. <br />Since the adoption of the Subdivision Regulations countywide <br />to 1978, preliminary subdivision plats have been approved <br />without all certifications or permits as required by Section <br />III-D-4-a. This procedure has been used for the following <br />reasons: <br />1. Some agencies do not respond to requests for comment <br />andlor approval or do not have adopted plans on which to <br />base comments and/or aanrovais_ <br />