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.2 <br /> Development Process, Schedule. and Action <br /> • Public hearing held on November 23,.1998 (minutes are attached beginning on page 27). <br /> • First Action: Planning Board, on September 1, 1999,.voted four (4) to two (2).to approve the <br /> proposed amendments to decrease the maximum density in the watershed and not to approve, <br /> the amendments allowing flexible development within the watershed (at an overall density of <br /> 1du12 acres with 50% open space). Minutes of the September 1, 1999, Planning-Board meeting are <br /> attached (beginning on page 34). The attached August 26, 1999, memorandum to.the Planning <br /> Board (pages 43 —45) gives additional information for which the Planning Board had asked for in an <br /> earlier meeting: <br /> • Final Action: Board of County Commissioners to consider proposed amendments. <br /> New evidence which was not presented in writing to the Planning Board may not be considered by the <br /> Board of Commissioners in making a decision unless the joint public hearing is reopened to receive <br /> said evidence, and the .item is readvertised and/or referred back to the .Planning Board for <br /> recommendation. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: Not applicable: <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): <br /> Planning Board Recommendation: *Approve density of 1 dwelling unit per five acres with lots of <br /> record allowed not more than five lots as small as two (2) acres. <br /> *Do not approve Flexible Development allowing an overall <br /> density of 1 du/2 ac. <br /> Administration Recommendation: Approve amendments. per the attached Administration <br /> Recommendation beginning on page 3. (Proposed amendments to <br /> the Orange County Zoning Ordinance begin on page 5; proposed <br /> amendments to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations begin on <br /> page 12.) <br /> • Maximum density: 2/5 OPTION: 1 du/five acres; Lots of record existing on date of adoption may <br /> contain up to, but no more than, five lots as small as two acres in size. <br /> AND <br /> FLEX OPTION: Overall density of 1 du 13 acres (minimum lot size of 1.5 <br /> acres) allowed in subdivisions developed .using flexible development <br /> provisions provided 50% of total area is reserved as open space. <br /> • 50% open space requirement in flexible development subdivisions within the Cane Creek <br /> watershed. <br /> An Ordinance Amending the Orange County Zoning Ordinance is attached on pages 16-23. An Ordinance <br /> Amending the Orange County Subdivision Regulations is attached on pages 24-26. <br /> a-\txtampndlcanPCrk\hnc=2bs.docN0_8_Aq d <br />