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15.3 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: ZONING ORDINANCE <br /> REFERENCE: ARTICLE VI SECTION 6 .2 . 3 FLAG LOTS <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: x Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: H i g h, M i d d l e exLow <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 23 , 1988 <br /> ****************************************** <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To add a new section addressing flag <br /> lots . Flag lots are irregularly <br /> shaped lots where the buildable area <br /> of the lot is connected to the street <br /> by a smaller narrower portion of the <br /> lot. This narrower portion extends as <br /> an arm of the lot to the street, thus <br /> the name " flag lot" . This proposed <br /> amendment will correspond and refer to <br /> the Orange County Subdivision Regula- <br /> tions to identify various places and <br /> types of flag lots that will be <br /> allowed . <br /> IMPACTS/ ISSUES: The Zoning Ordinance establishes minimum lot <br /> width/ frontage requirements in zoned town- <br /> ships which now prevent flag lots . The <br /> proposed guidelines or standards will <br /> accommodate flag lots in certain situations <br /> where topography, soil conditions, lot <br /> configuration or access impose hardships in <br /> providing suitable building sites. <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS : <br /> None. Flag lots are not addressed in the <br /> Zoning Ordinance. <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVISIONS : <br /> 6 .2 .3 Fl_ag 1 ots <br /> Flag lots as defined in Article 22 of this <br /> ordinance are accommodated for as provided <br /> in Section IV-B-5-d of the Orange County <br /> Subdivision Regulations . <br />