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0 R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date -Pebruary 17-t 1987 <br /> Action enda <br /> Item <br /> SUBJECT: POLICY - APPLICATION OF RURAL BUFFER STANDARDS <br /> TO MINOR SUBDIVISIONS <br /> i <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _X,_„ No <br /> Attachment(s) Information Contact: Greg Szymik <br /> Policy Statement <br /> Minor Subdivision List <br /> Planning Board Minutes of 2-9-87 <br /> Telephone Numbers <br /> Hillsborough - 732--8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve policy for applying Rural Buffer standards to <br /> minor subdivisions in process prior to enactment of the two- <br /> acre minimum lot size requirement. <br /> NEED: Adoption of the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan estab- <br /> lished a two-acre minimum lot size requirement in the Rural <br /> Buffer. Seven (7) manor subdivision applications cannot be <br /> approved unless compliance with the two-acre standard is <br /> demonstrated. <br /> A -policy granting relief for major subdivisions (with pre- <br /> liminary plat approval) has been adopted by the Board. None <br /> exists for minor subdivisions. <br /> IMPACT: Minor subdivisions (four lots or less) are approved by the <br /> Planning Department. Adoption of a policy would enable <br /> staff to apply appropriate standards to approval of minor <br /> subdivisions in process. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Adopt attached policy per Planning Board recommendation of 9 <br /> February 1987. <br /> V <br />