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DRAFT 12/19/94 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br /> AGENDA ITEM #9: MATTERS HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING 8 <br /> (5/5/94,5/23/94,6/30/94) <br /> a. Open Space/Flexible Development Proposals (This <br /> item will be considered at the Planning Board' s <br /> January 10, 1995 Long Range Work Session. <br /> AGENDA ITEM #10: MATTERS HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING (11/30/94) <br /> a. Watershed Protection Overlay Districts <br /> ( 1) Article 6.23.2 - Residential Density <br /> (2) Article 6.23.7b - Permitted Use in Stream <br /> Buffers <br /> (3) Article 6.23.8 - Water Supply/Sewage Disposal <br /> Facilities <br /> (4) Article 6.23. 10a - Applicability/Existing <br /> Development <br /> (5) Article 6.23. 10c -Applicability/Existing Lots <br /> (6) Article 6.23. 11 - Administration <br /> (Item #10.a. ( 1) will be considered at this <br /> meeting. The remaining items will be considered <br /> at the Planning Board' s January 10, 1995 Long <br /> Range Work Session) . <br /> Presentation by Marvin Collins. <br /> This item is to consider a proposed amendment to <br /> the Zoning Ordinance to allow the transfer of <br /> dwelling units across common boundaries of <br /> adjoining lots of record for cluster subdivisions <br /> within the University Lake Watershed. <br /> Article 6.23.2 of the Zoning Ordinance regulates <br /> the maximum residential densities allowed in <br /> Orange County' s 13 protected watershed overlay <br /> districts. The following requirement pertains to <br /> residential density in the University Lake <br /> Watershed, including its Critical Area: <br /> "Up to five lots at least two acres in size <br /> can be created from a lot of record as of <br /> October 3, 1989. Thereafter, each lost shall <br /> contain at least five acres, and the density <br /> shall not exceed one ( 1) dwelling unit per <br /> five acres. " <br /> Under current regulations, all of the lots which <br /> could be created from a lot of record would be <br /> contained within the exact lot boundary in <br /> existence on October 3, 1989. This requirement <br /> limits design flexibility in cases where a <br /> subdivision consists of two or more adjacent lots <br /> of record. <br />