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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 18, 2001 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 9­0 <br /> J_ <br /> SUBJECT: Amendments to Orange County Subdivision Regulations Concerning <br /> Definitions and Approval Procedures for Minor Subdivisions <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Y/N No <br /> INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): Craig Benedict, ext. 2592 <br /> 1. Ordinance Amending the Orange County Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br /> Subdivision Regulations <br /> 2. 7-11-01 Planning Board Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the Orange County SubdAdsibn Regulations <br /> Section 11 Definitions and Section Ill-C Approval Procedures for Minor Subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of County Commissioners and the Orange <br /> County Planning Board, at a public hearing on May 29, 2001, received comments on <br /> proposed amendments to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations. These amendments <br /> dean up some items suggested by the Board of County Commissioners. Proposed amendments will: <br /> 1. Clarify that resultant lots created in a manner exempt from subdivision regulations must <br /> meet minimum lot sizes required for private road justification if served by a private road or <br /> an access easement; and <br /> 2. Provide a one-year extension after expiration of a one-year time-period allowed for the <br /> applicant to submit the mylar original of the Final Plat for endorsement by the Planning <br /> Department after approval of a minor subdivision Final Plat. <br /> Lots created in a manner defined by N.C. General Statutes as an exception to the definition <br /> of subdivision are exempt from local subdivision regulations; however, resultant lots must <br /> equal or exceed the regulations of the county as shown in its subdivision regulations. The <br /> proposed amendment to the definition of "Subdivision" in Section 11 Definitions will reinforce <br /> private road justification given in Section IV-B-3d-1 as part of Orange County's subdivision <br /> standards. The intent of the amendment is to eliminate the possibility that parcels may be <br /> recombined in such a manner that one or more resultant lots on a private road would contain <br /> less than the minimum area required in the private road justification section of the Subdivision <br /> Regulations. <br />