Agenda - 05-23-1994 - C-6a (1-3)

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097 O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 23, 1994 Action Agenda Item # C 6a(1-3) SUBJECT: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATION TEXT AMENDMENT (Approval of Minor Subdivisions with Public Roads) Section II Definitions Section III-C-4 Minor Subdivisions - Action Subsequent to Approval DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING x Yes No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Garrett Proposed amendment Extension 2581 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough-732-8181 Durham -688-7331 Mebane -227-2031 Chapel Hill -967-9251 PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment an a proposed amendment to the Subdivision Regulations to allow subdivisions of five or fewer lots to be approved through the minor subdivision process when public road dedication or improvement is required. BACKGROUND: In some cases, private road justification criteria are not met in a subdivision of five or fewer lots that would otherwise be eligible for the Minor Subdivision review process. Any subdivision which includes a proposed public road must be processed as a Major Subdivision, regardless of the number of lots, so that the Board of Commissioners can accept the dedication of the road right-of-way on behalf of the public. The proposed amendment would allow for the subdivision approval to remain administrative through the Minor Subdivision process, even if public road dedication were required. After approval of the subdivision, the offer of right-of-way dedication would be presented to the Board of Commissioners for acceptance, as an administrative matter. RECOMMENDATION: Section VII-D-3 of the Subdivision Regulations requires that proposed amendments to the text of the Subdivision Regulations be presented at a joint public hearing involving the Board of Commissioners and the Planning Board. It is at that time that the Planning Staff' s recommendation is presented.