NSN ORD-1996-037 Subdivision Regulations Text Amendments - Securing Improvements

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ORANGECOUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date October 1. 1996 Action Agenda Item# A�C SUBJECT: AMENDMENTS TO THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS(Securing Improvements) Section III-E(new)Improvements (was V-D-8) Section III-C-2e Application Requirements(Minor subdivisions) Section III-D-2-a.(7) Application Requirements(Preliminary Plat) Section III-D-3a Application Requirements(Final Plat) DEPARTMENT: PLANNING&INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X_No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron Extension 2580 Proposed Amendments TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 8/26/96 Draft Public Hearing Minutes Hillsborough - 732-8181 9/4/96 Draft Planning Board Minutes Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: Consideration of proposed amendments to the Subdivision Regulations to relocate provisions regarding required improvements from Section V, "Plat Specifications," to Section III, "Application and Approval Procedures," rewrite the section for clarity and to add language regarding construction cost estimates and financial guarantees. BACKGROUND: The proposed amendment is technical in nature to provide clarity and cohesiveness to the Subdivision Regulations. The only new text being added is to specify requirements for construction cost estimates and financial guarantees submitted when improvements are not completed prior to Final Plat approval. The Planning Staff consulted with the County Attorney,the County Engineer, and developers to draft the new text. The proposed ordinance language specifies that a financial guarantee must be effective for 372 days, which allows one year for the applicant to complete subdivision improvements and a week for the County to "cash-in" the letter of credit or escrow agreement, in the event the improvements are not finished in an acceptable manner within a year. It also requires that the construction cost estimate be itemized with quantities and unit prices so that the County Engineer can verify that the estimate total is sufficient to complete a project according to approved plans.