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184 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations <br /> REFERENCE: Section III -B-3 Staff Review <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _x_ Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other : <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: High Middle_xLow <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 25, 1987 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To revise Section III -B-3 of the <br /> Subdivision Regulations by adding a <br /> time limit to the Sketch Plan review . <br /> IMPACTS/ ISSUES: On February 24 , 1967 , the Board of Commis- <br /> sioners suggested that a time Ilmit be <br /> placed on the validity of sketch plan review <br /> comments. Sketch Plan review is the initial <br /> step in both minor and major subdivision <br /> review. At present there 1s no time limit <br /> on how long the review is valid. Since the <br /> review is based on ordinances in effect at <br /> the time and ordinances are regularly <br /> amended, review comments can become inaccu- <br /> rate as amendments are adopted. A time <br /> Ilmit on the validity of review comments <br /> will reduce the potential for the comments <br /> to become inaccurate and for them to be <br /> presented as essentially a vested approval <br /> perhaps several years after the review was <br /> made. Further clarification of language <br /> describing the Sketch Plan review as not <br /> being an action of approval will also <br /> provide better definition of the review . <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: <br /> 111 -$-3. Stiff Rev1,ew . Within thirty (30 ) <br /> days of the submission of the Sketch Plan, <br /> the Planning Director shall review the <br /> proposal for general compliance with the <br /> relevant ordinances, codes, and policies and . <br /> for the general suitability of the land for <br /> development and determine the existence of <br /> proposed sites for schools and other public <br /> facilities. The Planning Director shall <br />