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068 <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date January 5. 1987 <br /> Action A ends <br /> Item # F <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AMENDMENT <br /> (SECTION IV--B-1 LOT STANDARDS) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No <br /> Attachment(s) Information Contact: Marvin Collins <br /> Proposed Text Amendments; <br /> 11-24-86 Public Hearing <br /> Minutes; 12-15-86 Planning <br /> Board Minutes <br /> Telephone Numbers <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane -- 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -- 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval of proposed revisions to the Orange <br /> County Subdivision Regulations. <br /> To receive the Planning Board' s recommendation. <br /> This matter was presented at public hearing on November 24, <br /> 1986 . <br /> NEED: On October 13 . 1986. the Board of Commissioners adopted the <br /> Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. including a minimum <br /> required lot size of two acres per dwelling unit. Refer- <br /> ences within the Subdivision Regulations indicate that new <br /> subdivision plats submitted for approval must comply with <br /> the two-acre standard contained in the Land Use Plan. <br /> While such references exist. a direct statement to that <br /> effect is needed. Furthermore. Orange County' s Subdivision <br /> Regulations are enforced in the Town of Hillsborough. and <br /> specific language is needed to indicate that lot areas for <br /> subdivisions within the Hillsborough planning jurisdiction <br /> must meet the standards set forth in the Hillsborough Zoning <br /> Ordinance. <br /> IMPACT: The proposed ordinance amendment recommends the following <br /> wording for the first sentence in the first paragraph of <br /> Section IV-B-1. <br /> "The minimum lot size shall be as required by the Orange <br /> County Land Use Plan, Orange County Zoning Ordinance or the <br />