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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />2 <br />• Management of area(s) formalized on September 22, 1987 with adoption of Joint <br />Planning Agreement by all involved parties. <br />• Agreement established: `a method of coordinated and comprehensive planning' in <br />identified areas. <br />JOINT PLANNING IN ORANGE COUNTY: <br />• Plan envisions 2 primary development areas: <br />— Transition Areas: Administered by the Towns under their individual land use and <br />zoning regulations in accordance with the Plan. Areas characterized as <br />transitioning from rural to urban development. <br />• County has review authority for projects, text, and map changes in <br />identified Transition Areas. <br />— Rural Buffer: Areas outside Transition Areas under County regulatory control <br />intended to remain rural in character where annexation is prohibited and urban <br />services (i.e. public water and sanitary sewer) are not a necessary component to <br />support development. <br />• Town(s) has review authority for projects, text, and map changes in Rural <br />Buffer area. <br />• Joint Planning Land Use Plan — Land Use Category Map <br />ISSUES /CONCERNS: <br />• Agricultural Areas land use category is not depicted on maps contained within the Plan. <br />No properties appear to be designated within this category. <br />— NOTE: Current language could be misconstrued as establishing limits with <br />respect to allowable locations for agricultural operations, which is inconsistent <br />with State Law. This needs to be corrected. <br />• Rural Residential land use category does not specify a density limit (minimum lot size <br />only). <br />— NOTE: County staff has interpreted there to be a `defacto' density limit in the <br />areas of the Plan not located within the University Lake Watershed Area of 1 <br />dwelling unit for every 2 acres. <br />• Clustering of lots is not viable within Rural Residential land use category as the Plan is <br />currently written. <br />— NOTE(s): There is a minimum required lot size for properties within this land use <br />category of 2 acres. <br />— Under County regulations, Cluster Subdivisions allows for the reduction of <br />required lot sizes, not below 1 acre in area, so long as 33% of a parcel is <br />preserved in open space and established density limits are observed. <br />— Technique is utilized throughout the county, including the University Lake <br />Watershed Area. <br />— There is no language within the Plan indicating the clustering of subdivision lots, <br />below the 2 acre minimum lot size, is permitted in the Rural Residential land use <br />category. <br />• CLUSTER SUBDIVISION ISSUE: <br />Conventional subdivision layout: <br />• Open space is private and part of individual lots. As a result it can be disturbed, <br />• Subdivision spread out over entire parcel, <br />• More impervious surface area and more land clearing /grading required (i.e. longer roads <br />and driveways), <br />22 <br />