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5/1/1996
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IX-A
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Minutes - 19960501
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NSN ORD-1996-010 Subdivision Regulations Text Amendments - Flexible Development-Open Space Proposal
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63 <br /> Minor subdivision applicability. The specific issue is whether to make Minor Subdivisions <br /> subject to the Flexible Development standards. <br /> Staff Response. During the period 1987-1994, the Planning Department processed a total of 461 <br /> minor subdivision applications which encompassed 3,705 acres and 1,065 lots. On an annual <br /> basis, 58 minor subdivisions were processed, the average size of each subdivision was 8.0 acres, <br /> the average number of lots was two per subdivision, and the average lot size was 3.5 acres. <br /> During the same period, the Planning Department processed a total of 89 major subdivision <br /> applications which encompassed 1,952 acres and 934 lots. On an annual basis, 11 major <br /> subdivisions were processed, the average size of each subdivision was 22.0 acres, the average <br /> number of lots was 10 per subdivision, and the average lot size was 2.1 acres. <br /> While the number of lots created through both major and minor subdivision processes is similar, <br /> the visual impact of "minor" lots is much less evident because they are so widespread. <br /> Nevertheless, over the long term, the impact on rural character and resource protection could be <br /> just as great as for major subdivisions. - <br /> Minor subdivision lots do serve a purpose, however, in that many of them are created for family <br /> members, and, in many instances, do provide a source of affordable housing. For this reason, staff <br /> recommends that one of following options be approved: <br /> • That minor subdivisions be excluded from the Flexible Development standards, but applicants <br /> encouraged to work on a voluntary basis with staff to address open space preservation <br /> concerns through the approval process;or <br /> • That up to five (5) minor subdivision lots be allowed for each lot of record as of the effective <br /> date of the ordinance, and that thereafter, all lots created from the tract in question be subject <br /> to the Flexible Development standards. <br /> The second option is similar to a provision proposed by the Rural Character Study Committee <br /> which would have allowed up to five one-acre lots to be created. That proposal, of course, was <br /> coupled with the application of two-acre minimum lot sizes across the county. No rezoning is <br /> proposed as part of the Flexible Development proposal, but the five-lot provision certainly could <br /> have applicability. <br />
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