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PROPOSED ORDINANCE ANIENu[WNT <br /> ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations <br /> • <br /> REFERENCE: Section IV-B-1 Lot. Standards - 070 <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: H_Staff_Planning Board_BOCC_ublic <br /> Other: County Attorney _ <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATXON:_x High Middle_Low <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: November 24, 1986- - <br /> ***********************************•****t******* <br /> PURPOSE- OF AMENDMENT: To revise Section IV:B-I of the <br /> Subdivision Regulations to clarify the <br /> • application of minimum lot area standards. <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: On August 5, 1986, the Board of Commissioners <br /> adopted the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. <br /> including a minimum lot required lot area per <br /> dwelling unit of two (2) acres_ This action was - <br /> reaffirmed on . 13. 1986 when the <br /> Commissioners adopted the _ text of the Joint <br /> • Planning Area Flan. ._The County Attorney has indicated that the" <br /> two-acre standard can _be enforced. (See <br /> attached letter of 10-3-86.) Several references. <br /> including Section III-B-1 and Section IV of the <br /> Subdivision Regulations, and Articles 7.1 and <br /> 7.4 of the Zoning Ordinance: indicate that <br /> subdivisions and planned - developments: <br /> ts: <br /> respectively, . must comply with the <br /> 'comprehensive plane . - - -. - <br /> • • While such references indicate that camp/lance <br /> with the two-acre standard is required. a direct <br /> statement to that effect is needed. <br /> Furthermore, Orange County's Subdivision <br /> Regulations are . enforced in the ,own of <br /> Hillsborough, and specific language is necessary - <br /> to indicate that lot • areas for subdivisions. <br /> within the Hillsborough planning jurisdiction <br /> must meet the standards set forth -in the <br /> Hillsborough Zoning. Ordinance_ - " <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: The existing provisions of <br /> Section IV-B--1 are as follows= <br /> IV-B-1. ),Q'I' •SNdDAROS <br /> • The minimum lot - size shall be <br /> determined by the waste disposal and <br /> water supply system. and shall comply - <br /> with the appropriate Zoning Ordinance <br /> where applicable <br />