ORD-2001-026 Planning - Amendments to Orange County Subdivision Regulations Concerning Definitions and Approval Procedures for Minor Subdivisions

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Beverly:Blythe- ordain_subregs.:.9-18.doc..::..:.:..:....................................................................................................................................................................Page.2. noted on the plat; and . e. No increase in the number of access points to a public street over the number currently existing; and f. Access is not shifted from a lower classified/volume street to a higher classified/volume street. (2) The division of land into parcels greater than 10 acres if no street right-of-way dedication is involved. (3) The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for widening or opening streets. (4) The division of a tract in single ownership of the entire area of which is no greater than two acres into not more than three lots, if no street right-of-way dedication is involved and if the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the County as shown by its subdivision regulations. The surveyor and/or Planning Department shall also certify on the plat as required by GS 47-30(f)(11). section 2: amend the minor subdivision approval procedure to limit the time in which the mylar for an approved plat may be submitted for planning department endorsement. . orange county subdivision regulations, section III-C approval procedures for minor subdivision, is amended by adding the following paragraph to the beginning of section III-C-4 action subsequent to approval: III-C-4. Action Subsequent to Approval From the date of approval of a Final Plat, with or without conditions, by the Planning Department, the applicant shall have one (1) year in which to submit to the Planning Department for endorsement a reproducible mylar original of the Final Plat. The Planning Director or his/her authorized agent AW shall grant, upon written request from the applicant, an extension of this time limit to one- year from the original date of expiration. The Planning Director or his/her designated representative shall endorse approval on a reproducible mylar original of the Final Plat if the Planning Department approves an application either with or without conditions. The applicant shall record such plat and any associated documents necessary to assure conformance with regulations in the Office of the Register of Deeds within ninety (90) days after the Planning Director's endorsement of approval. If such plat is not recorded within the specified time period, the minor subdivision plat is void. The Planning Director may extend this deadline provided the applicant can demonstrate a good faith effort to comply with the deadline, but for reasons beyond his/her control, fails to meet the requirements for recordation within that period. All such plats shall conform to drawing specifications and certification requirements for Final Plats contained in Section V-D of this Ordinance.