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•" ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date; November 24. 1986 <br /> Item# <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AMENDMENT <br /> (SECTION IV-B-1 LOT STANDARDS) <br /> *************************************************************************** <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: ,,..X Yes ,__..No <br /> *************************************************************************** <br /> ATTACHMENTS: Proposed Text CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Amendment <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 a proposed <br /> Subdivision Regulations text amendment. <br /> NEED: On October 13 . 1986. the Board of Commissioners <br /> adopted the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. <br /> including a minimum required lot size per <br /> dwelling unit of two . (2) acres. References <br /> within the Subdivision Regulations indicate that <br /> new subdivision plats submitted for approval must <br /> comply with the two-acre standard contained in <br /> the Land Use Plan. <br /> While such references exist, a direct statement <br /> to that effect is needed. Furthermore. Orange <br /> County's Subdivision Regulations are enforced in <br /> the Town of Hillsborough, and specific language <br /> is needed to indicate that lot areas for <br /> subdivisions within the Hillsborough planning <br /> jurisdiction must meet the standards set forth in <br /> the Hillsborough Zoning Ordinance. <br /> IMPACT: The proposed ordinance amendment recommends the <br /> following wording for the first sentence in the <br /> first paragraph of Section IV-B-1: <br /> "The minimum lot size shall be as required by the <br /> Orange County Land Use Plan, Orange County Zoning <br /> Ordinance or the Hillsborough Zoning Ordinance, <br /> whichever is applicable." <br /> Approval of the amendment would clarify the <br />