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.. - . . . . . . . - • • . . , . . - • - . . - a. 161- • • Mr. Marvin Collins . " Page Two October 3, 1986 . . • . . . . . , . . _ Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan which requires a minimum of 2 acres per' unit in the rural buffer area. First of all, lots of record and nonconforming lots are . . • specifically addressed in the Zoning Ordinance and • . . . . should be treated accordingly. Aw proposed - •• • development which has, not received either preliminary . plan apprOVal, in the case of a subdivision- request, or _ . . • • has not been granted a special use permit, in the case .. . . of a planned development, must, I think, meet the 2 . . acre. minimum lot size requirement. . . .•-• - : , ,,.., ... . - . -, - . - - . . . . . . . Section Ill-B-1 of the subdivision regulations . . • .. . . , - . requires the planning department to review a . . . _ . . • :-,. .,- . subdivision sketch design plan for "compatibility with • • . - : the comprehensive plan for the County." Section IV, 7 ... .:": entitled "REQUIRED• MINIMUM DESIGN ST,AIWAlkDS," recites. • • . the policy of subdivision regulations, that is, "the avoidance of congestion and overcrowding and the • . . creation of conditions . essential to public health, safety and the general welfare," and then goes on to state that these goals are to be -accomplished through . . . the application of design standards "providing for the . . • . . . . • • • . distribution of population and. traffic, safe and .• . coordinated street systems, approved water supply and sewage disposal systems, useable lots and conformance Ef2r94111-91tOlare Count . . . .ado.ted b the Board of , . . Commissioners.. . (Emphasis ad.ed.) Subsection B-1 of - . -------- • - Section Iv, requires lots served by on site sewage .. . . . . disposal and water systems to be at least. 40,000 square , . . , feet and lots served by public or community water and • . . sewer to comply with the appropriate zoning ordinance. . ' These requirements are Minimum, lot size requirements. . . . The idea that the lot size requirements are minimums is . . • . . . - further underscored by the. need to meet watershed . . ._ • . . • protection standards regardless of the lot size . . . . . . . , . necessary to accomplish those standards. . • , „ - . . . . . . . . . The Zoning Ordinance permits the development . . planned development districts. Section 7.1 of the Zoning Ordinance provides, in- the first paragraphr - that . . • • . . . . . planned development districts may be established where "suitability of [land] for the development proposed : • . shall be determined primarily by reference to the , .. comprehensive plan." The PD analysis may also give . . . . . "due consideration to the existing and perspective . . character of surrounding development." Furthermore, . . . . the . last paragraph of Section 7.1 states that PD • . • ' districts "are intended to accomplish the purposes of zoning spdothel130. 1---9---2/1ereulations to an . . - equivalent or higher degree than where such regulation • . ' ' are intended to control unscheduled development on • _ . • . . . • . . • . . - . . . • . . ' ' • - - . . . • _ : . • • . . . ,... . • -