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ORANGE COUNTY 059 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 25, 1986 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item Ic _4. <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> *************************************************************************** <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING:_x_Yes No <br /> *************************************************************************** <br /> ATTACHMENTS: Proposed Text CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Amendments <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> Durham 688-7331 • <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> *************************************************************************** <br /> PURPOSE: To receive public comment on proposed text <br /> amendments to the Subdivision Regulations. <br /> NEED: Changes have occurred in the North Carolina <br /> Uniform Plat Law which establish minimum and <br /> maximum dimensions for subdivision plats - no <br /> smaller than 8-1 /2" x 11 " or greater than 21" x <br /> 30" . Margin dimensions are also established - <br /> 1 -1 /2" on the left border and 1/2" on all other <br /> borders. <br /> The current Subdivision Regulations allow either <br /> ( a) 21 " x 30" , (b) 12" x 18" or (c) 18" x 24" <br /> plat sizes. <br /> IMPACT: The amendment would eliminate confusion between <br /> the regulations/ requirements administered by the <br /> Planning Department and the Register of Deeds and <br /> Land Records Departments . <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Approval of amendment. <br />