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.. '.J Mr. Wall stated the Advisory Council recommended that land be exempted from the requirements of this Ordinance until Development was intimate. He added that the Planning Beard had asked the County Attorney to formulate a section which would accomplish this purpose. He stated that some of these items had "been thrown in" which have no relevance. He stated the Advisory Subcommittee has not discussed these amendments. Dr. Lang stated the charge to the County Attorney was to develop some provision to allow for subdivisions without the need for all the sub- division Regulations if the known development was not initimate. This was to be done in the best interest of planning as well as to preserve the rights of individuals to exchange land freely. Dr. Bonar stated he sensed the difference between what Mr. Gledhill has prepared and the Advisory Council is that the Council would like all subdivision regulations be postponed until development takes place. Whereas the section Mr. Gledhill has prepared is a means of exempting some sub- divisions from the regulations until development takes place, whenever that seems appropriate. He added that almost all land subdivided in Orange County is for development at some point. That he feels the Attorney's proposal is appropriate. Mr. Wall stated he would like to see a concise statement of state- ment of procedural matters of how property can be subdivided for develop- ment as well as property where development is not foreseen. Dr. Land stated he did not feel the County Attorney's proposal was necessarily relevant. Dr. Bonar stated he felt the Attorney's proposal was valuable in that there might be situations in highly developed areas where there was not the immediate intention of the subdivider to develop, but nonetheless, the pattern by which he subdivides might be important to the development of the area. In this case, it would not be appropriate to postpone implementa- tion of the Subdivision Regulations. Dr. Bonar asked that the discussion continue to some of the other pro- praposed amendments. Procedure for Review and Approval of Minis Subdivision - Certain portions of this section had already been spoken to, so there was no further discussion of this section. Preliminary Plan Approval - Mr. Wall stated that one unanimous recommendation of the Advisory Council was that the Ordinance provide for the right of appeals. the pro- posal by the Council was. that the County Commissioners serve as an appeal body. He suggested that this be included in the Ordinance. Final Plat - Added: The Planning Board's decision may be appealed by the subdivider to the County Commissioners. Land Suitability - No ccenments were made. Lot Layout - It was agreed that proposal B is more suitable: (B) Amend to read as follows: A building permit may not be issued until the access road has been built as specified for, or appropriate assurance provided, as specified by Section V of this Ordinance. Reservation of Space for Utilities- Dealing with Buffer strips, which had already been discussed. Storm Water Management The question arose of whether a farmer can be prevented from building a pond on this property under the Ordinance. Dr. Bonar stated the Ordinance has no effect on construction of ponds if the construction is under the storm water management plan. Waste Water_Disposal - to be deleted.