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7/15/e5- • 068. TO: Orange County Board of County Commissioners and Orange County Planning Board FROM: Carl Walters, Vice-Chair County Planning Board SUBJECT: Piecemeal Plans Submitted to the Orange County Plan- ' ning Board by Some Developers. DATE: July 15, 1985 When a subdiviSion is before our board for review- and we know the developer has plans for something bigger later for the bal- ance of the property we usually ask about his future plans before making a decision on the request. This request for more inferna- tion has not come in a cooperative manner in some cases and has led to suspicions or doubts of the developers sincerity in qual- ity development. A new approach to avoid planning board request for a redesign or denial of subdivision request is to go to planning- staff with a minor subdivision request, get approval in house and then come back with a major subdivision request and say roads and other designs of the previous minor subdivision impacts our decision of this later major subdivision request of the balance of the property. I believe this piecemeal approach to development of land owned by the same person or parties should be discouraged. The roads that were approved by the staff in the minor subdivision ' should not be allowed to be considered prexisting. The staff knows when there is a larger portion of the same tract to be developed later. An example today is Wedgewood and Blue Jasper Lane off Lebanon Church Road and bordering Fraiser Road. This request by Apple Creek is a good example of:.very poor planning with no. regard for safety of traffic or children riding bikes from Blue Jasper Lane on to Lebanon Church Road. I have watched the traffic and speed of vehicles on both • Lebanon Church and Fraiser Road. • With the expected growth in Orange County and the impact to our roads from this growth I believe we should be more aware of such projects. Maybe an ordinance review to clarify our minor subdivision standards would be helpful with recommended changes if necessary.