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:~ ~~~ . _-., considered as one lot. Robin Lackey asked that if you presently have apiece of land that has ~.:.j a land hook and you subdivide it would there still be one lot with a land hook. -- Scearbo stated that the proposal is that where there already exists a land hook that there not be a penalty for that but that the one land hook not be turned into two land hooks. Alois Callemyn asked if a land hook is across the road if that one lot may be divided by a road and Commissioner Hartwell answered yes if this amendment passes. Callemyn then asked Roscoe Reeve about the one parcel connected by a land hook having the same PIN number and Reeve responded that it would be identified with one PIN number. b. Section II - Definitions (Lot Area) Mary Scearbo made the presentation, It has been the practice of Orange County to apply the net acreage outside of right-of-way when determining if lots created through the subdivision process meet minimum lot size requirements. The addition of the lot area definition is recommended to provide conformance between subdivision regulations and current practice. THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARDS OR CITIZEN COMMENTS. c. Section V (New) Specifications for Plat Drawings Marvin Collins made the presentation. The proposed amendment to the Subdivision Regulations creates a new Section V - Specifications for Plat Drawings which pulls together in one location specifications disbursed throughout the current ordinance or specifications currently required but not set out in the ordinance. An initial draft prepared in December, 1987 was reviewed by the Northwestern Triangle Chapter of the N,C. Surveyors Society. Commissioner Halkiotis referred to comments made at the August 22 public hearing by a surveyor and an attorney and asked if the plat is being overloaded with mare information than it was originally designed for and what this adds to the cost of the plat and additional demands put on the County staff. Collins explained that most of the information provided on the plat comes at the preliminary plat stage rather than the final plat stage. He noted that the main purpose of any plat is to be sure that one development relates well to the other -- that provision for an extension of a street has been included, that floodplains are accurately denoted on the plat, etc. The information on the plats not only insures Orange County that requirements have been met but it also insures the purchaser of what he is buying. In terms of costs, a lot of the information proposed is already being required so the cost should not increase that much, A lot of the issues and concerns will be answered during the sketch plan approval. Almost everything that is in this proposed provision is being required now. Register of Deeds Betty June Hayes stated that her basic concern is that there be an opportunity to work internally with Marvin Collins on some of the things she has seen happening from the record aspect. After a brief discussion, Chair Marshall asked that the County Administration work with the Land Records Manager, the Register of Deeds, the County Attorney, local surveyors and the Planning Department in working out what to require on plats. Commissioner Hartwell gave an example of buying a piece of property whereby a provision was changed but not recorded on the plat and noted that it is better to have on the plat only those things that cannot be changed. Geoffrey Gledhill explained this would probably happEn in the case of