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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT � S ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance 027 REFERENCE: Article 11.7 Nonconforming Lots ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: .,,,X_Staff_X_Planning Boa rd_X_BOCC__Public Other: STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION:_x_High_MiddleLow Comment: EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: February 23, 1987 *********************************************** PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To revise Article 11.7 of the Zoning Ordinance which requires nonconforming lots of record, in the same ownership and with continuous frontage, to be combined to create conforming lots. A "lot of record" is a lot created by deed or plat prior to the existence of or amendment to zoning regulations applicable to the lot. IMPACTS/ISSUES: On January 5, 1987. the Board of Commissioners enacted provisions creating a Rural Buffer (RB) zoning district and establishing a two-acre minimum lot size requirement therein. The provisions were applied to 38,000 acres of land surrounding the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. Data from the Orange County Land Records Office indicates that 244 lots (5.7% of all lots) in the Rural Buffer are less than two acres in size, in the same ownership and of continuous frontage. The lots would have to be combined to meet the minimum lot size standard of two acres. 142 (3.3% Of all lots) of the lots are developed. The Board of Commissioners placed a moratorium on enforcement of Article 11.7, pending a public hearing to consider revisions to or deletion of the provisions. Any amendment would be applicable in all zoned townships. Approval of the amendment would permit construction of single-family dwellings on 102 lots (2.4% of all lots) in the Rural Buffer district. Historically, sibdivision activity has been greater in Chapel Hill Township. Application of the amendment to all zoned townships would affect a smaller proportion of lots. Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Forsyth County, and Mecklenburg County require the combination of nonconforming lots to meet ordinance standards.