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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT 046 Meeting Date: November 18, 1986 Item#CA SUBJECT: POLICY - APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS *************************************************************************** DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X_No *************************************************************************** ATTACHMENTS: CONTACT: Marvin Collins TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 967-9251 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 *************************************************************************** PURPOSE: To consider amending a policy established 10-6-86 which excluded subdivisions having received preliminary plat approval and planned developments from compliance with amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations. The policy amendment, if approved, would further exclude subdivisions which were being developed in phases and for which sketch plan approval had been granted to the final phase(s) . NEED: At its November 3 . 1986 meeting. the Board of Commissioners considered the preliminary plat of Mel-Oaks Subdivision Phase IV. The subdivision was developed in phases, with Phases I-III having received preliminary and final approval. Lots in each of the first three phases ranged from 40.000 to 44.000 square feet in area. Phase IV of Mel-Oaks is a six-lot subdivision located adjacent to a street extending eastward from Phase II. The property is located in the Rural Buffer which presently requires a two-acre minimum lot size. Lot sizes proposed in the subdivision average slightly over 40,000 square feet in size. The Planning Board recommended approval of the six-lot design since sketch plan approval had been given prior to August 5, 1986, the date of adoption of the JPA Land Use Plan, and compliance with the two-acre requirement would result in differing lot sizes within the