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065 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 26, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # 5 a <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS - <br /> RECREATION SITES (DEDICATION/PAYMENT-IN-LIEU PROVISIONS) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Planning Director X2592 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to the dedication/ <br /> payment-in-lieu provisions of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the Board of Commissioners June 26, 1995 meeting, a status report was <br /> presented concerning Concept Plans approved in the Stoney Creek basin area. <br /> The Board directed staff to study the dedication/payment-in-lieu provisions of <br /> the Subdivision Regulations and prepare amendments, if needed, for public <br /> hearing. At its December 9, 1995 goal-setting retreat, the Board of <br /> Commissioners reiterated its desire to have the provisions addressed as soon as <br /> possible. The attached report identifies the statutory basis for enacting such <br /> provisions,the origins of the current standards, concerns about the application of <br /> the standards, and changes through which to address those concerns. <br /> The specific proposal is to amend Section IV-B-7-b, Recreation Sites, of the <br /> Subdivision Regulations to substitute a payment-in-lieu based on the cost of <br /> land md facilities associated with implementing a system of community and <br /> district parks. Currently,the payment-in-lieu includes only the value of land, and <br /> is based on the assessed value listed in the Orange County Tax Office. The <br /> average payment-in-lieu per household is presently $76. Under the proposed <br /> system,the payment-in-lieu would not exceed $455 per household. <br /> In addition to the proposed payment-in-lieu, a change in the amount of land <br /> which must be dedicated for recreation sites is also proposed. Currently, 1/35th <br /> of an acre (1,244 sq.ft.) must be dedicated for each lot in a new subdivision <br />