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~.~: ~= <br />or I-85. When the final plat is approved by the staff and Planning Board, there is <br />also a notation that a land use buffer applies and it is denoted on the plat. A <br />requirement would pass from owner to owner that no disturbance of <br />that <br />buffer could occur except for certain situations. <br />THERE WERE NO CITIZEN COMMENTS. <br />d. Article 23 - Violations, Penalties and Remedies <br />Mary Scearbo made the presentation. This proposed Zoning Ordinance <br />Text Amendment will expand and clarify penalties and remedies associated with non- <br />compliance with ordinance requirements. The Zoning Ordinance currently states that <br />a violation of ordinance provisions constitutes a misdemeanor, punishable as <br />provided in G.S. 14-4. Enabling legislation gives the County authority to impose <br />civil penalties as well. It is proposed that the ordinance be amended to <br />explicitly state the consequences of a violation as provided for in the enabling <br />legislation. An expansion of the remedies available to Orange County should help <br />with compliance actions. <br />THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARDS OR CITIZEN COMMENTS. <br />e. Article 6.3 Regulation of Principal Uses <br />Article 22 - Definitions <br />The presentation was made by Marvin Collins. Article 6.3 of the Zoning <br />Ordinance permits one single family residence per zoning lot and by implication one <br />principal structure per commercial, office-institutional or industrial zoning lot. <br />More than one principal structure can be permitted on non-residential lots if the <br />structures are part of a Planned Development or if they existed prior to the <br />application of the Zoning Ordinance. Currently the Ordinance does not specifically .. <br />limit the number of principal structures on commercial, office-institutional or <br />industrial zoning lots. The proposed amendment makes express what is implied and <br />clarifies the regulation of principal uses. A designation o£ subdivision lot is <br />proposed for inclusion in Article 22, and language has been added to more <br />accurately define zoning lot. <br />A citizen asked a question about a 10 acre lot on which a commercial <br />building is located. Collins responded that the 1 acre on which the commercial <br />structure is located would be a non-residential zoning lot and the other nine acres <br />would be classified as residential. <br />Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill stated that this is not actually a change in the <br />Ordinance but a clarification of what is written in the ordinance now. <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Hartwell to <br />refer all the proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendments to the Planning Board for a <br />recommendation to be received by the Board of Commissioners on October 3, 1988. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br />2. Subdivision Regulations Text Amendments <br />a. Section IV-B-S - Lot Layout <br />Mary Scearbo made the presentation. The Subdivision Regulations <br />currently allow lots to be created in which the property is divided by a public <br />road right-of-way, or other lots. Land hooks are currently used to connect <br />separated areas. The Planning Staff believes that lots should comprise contiguous, <br />usable acreage, and that areas physically separated should not collectively be <br />