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0 73 PAGE 18 DRAFT PBM 12-17-86 DRAFT VOTE: 9_ in favor. 3 opposed (Yuhasz. Best. Jacobs) . AGENDA ITEM #7c: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AMENDMENT (SECTION IV-B-1 LOT STANDARDS) Presentation by Marvin Collins. This agenda item is to consider approval of proposed, revisions to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations. This matter was presented at public hearing on November 24. 1986 . On October 13. 1986 . the Board of Commissioners adopted the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. including a minimum required lot size of two acres per dwelling unit. References within the Subdivision Regulations indicate that new subdivision plats submitted for approval must comply with the two-acre standard contained in the Land Use Plan. While such references exist, a direct statement to that effect is needed. Furthermore. Orange County's Subdivi- sion Regulations are enforced in the Town of Hillsborough and specific language is needed to indicate that lot areas for subdivisions within the Hillsborough planning jurisdiction must meet the stnadards set forth in the Hillsborough Zoning Ordinance. The proposed ordinance amendment recommends the following wording for the first sentence in the first paragraph of Section IV-B--1. "The minimum lot size shall be as required by the Orange County Land Use Plan. Orange County Zoning Ordinance or the Hillsborough Zoning Ordinance. whichever is applica- ble. " Approval of the amendment would clarify the application of lot size standards as contained in the Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance. No comments were made at the November 24 . 1986 public hearing concerning the proposed amendment. The Planning Department recommends approval of the proposed amendment to the Subdivision Regulations. MOTION: Pilkey moved approval. Seconded by Best. VOTE: 8 in favor. 4 opposed (Walters. Lewis. Shanklin. Yuhasz) . Shanklin expressed concern with the wording "whichever"