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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TTY ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations • 51 REFERENCE: Section IV--B-1 Lot Standards , ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X_Staff_Planning Board BOCC__public Other: County Attorney STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION:_x_High_Middle Low Comment: • EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: November 24, 1986 ' - *********************************************** PURPOSE. OF AMENDMENT: To revise Section IV-B-1 of the Subdivision Regulations to clarify the application of minimum lot area standards. IMPACTS/ISSUES: On August 5. 1986. the Board of Commissioners adopted the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan, including a minimum lot required lot area per dwelling unit of two (2) acres. This action was reaffirmed on October - 13 r 1986 when the Commissioners adopted the text of the Joint Planning Area Plan. .. The County Attorney . has Indicated that the two-acre standard can . be enforced, . (See attached letter of 10-3-86.) Several references, including Section III-B-I and Section IV of the Subdivision Regulations. and Articles 7.1 and 7.4 of the Zoning Ordinance/ indicate that subdivisions and planned' - developments, respectively, must comply with the "comprehensive plan" . While such references indicate- that compliance with the two-acre standard is required, 'a direct statement to that effect - is needed. Furthermore. Orange County's Subdivision • Regulations are " enforced in the Town of Hillsborough. and specific language is necessary to indicate that lot " areas for 'subdivisions within the Hillsborough planning jurisdiction must meet ' the . standards set forth .in the Hillsborough Zoning Ordinance. _ EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: The existing provisions of Section IV-B-1 are as follows: IV-B-1. LOT STiNDARD-S, . • The minimum lot size shall ' be determined by, the waste disposal and water supply system, and shall comply with the appropriate Zoning Ordinance where applicable.