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r - :1 - presented is a product of those committee meetings. Scearbo summarized briefly the concepts underlying the proposed amendments as presented on August 22 and the concerns expressed at that hearing, discussed the activity of the committee and finally highlighted the changes made as a result of the committee meetings. Basically, the amendments seek to accomplish three things: 1) To involve the Planning Board in the approval of a Concept Plan prior to preliminary plat submittal. This would give the Planning Board mare input during the early phases of plan development. The Final Plat, on the other hand, would be approved by the Planning Staff when all preliminary plat conditions are met. 2) The material to be shown on the preliminary and final plat is specified more clearly and is pulled together in one section of the Subdivision Regulations. 3) To clarify all steps necessary for plat approval. The intent is to make the requirements for subdivision approval more understandable and to gain input from the Planning Board at an earlier stage. This is a benefit to the applicant in that potential problems and -~ conflicts may be identified earlier in the development process. There were several concerns expressed at the first hearing. Land -~' Records and the Register of Deeds pointed out that there was too much information required on the face of the plat, making it difficult for the public to understand. There were also questions from the Orange County Bar Association and the Society of Surveyors concerning legality of some of the provisions and costs to the developer. The committee established to revise the draft included the County Manager, Planning Board Chair Barry Jacobs, Register of Deeds Betty .Tune Hayes, Land Records Manager Roscoe Reeve, Robin Lackey and Guido de Maera of the Orange County Bar Association, Walter Kleckley of the Society of Surveyors and Planner Mary Scearbo. Two meetings were held and a number of changes were made. Scearbo stated that in addition, she met with both the Register of Deeds and Land Records Manager to learn more about the specific problems which they had experienced. The draft amendment iri the agenda packet is a crossout-underline document which shows the changes made since the last hearing. The more substantial items are summarized as follows: 1) As much information as possible was removed from the face of the final plat. To accomplish this, certain restrictions or requirements including landscaping and buffers, impervious surface data, lots of restricted development, and stormwater control data will be recorded as a separate document with cross-reference between the plat book and deed book.