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U10 00 A��L:_, 6. Subdivision Activity in the Watersheds: Commissioner Willhoit said that | at one of the Water Resources Task Force meetings Planning Staff had presented two versions of a proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance based on one of the recommendations in the Task Force Report. He said it involved the exemption of minor subdivisions from some of the requirements of the PN-1 District. Commissioner Willhoit said Planning Staff had data from the three watersheds in the County looking at the number of parcels and parcel size in the watersheds. Commissioner Willhoit had a graph which displayed two curves; he noted that the upper curve "was the number of parcels as function of parcel size and the bottom curve was total acreage as function of parcel size." Taking the University Lake Watershed as an example, Commissioner Willhoit said, "that 82% of the land was in parcels that are 10 acres or larger, and this accounts for only about 20% of parcels. And that 60% of the parcels account for about 8% of the acreage and are in 3 acres or less and have a rather limited potential for further subdivision." Commissioner Willhoit said that "several assumptions could be made, starting in July of `77 - with the adoption of the new State Soil Evaluation . . .legislation. . .that the minor subd1vixions...had been limited to the better soils in the County." He said that when the lots were carved out of the larger parcels that sites were chosen which perked and became the minor subdivisions while larger unsuitable building sites were carved out around the minor subdivisions; he added that most parcels in a minor subdivision were well over an acre or more. Consequently, Commissioner Willhoit moved, seconded by Commissioner Marshall, to lift the moratorium on development in the Upper Eno and University Lake Watersheds for minor subdivisions. During the discussion, Commissioner Willhoit said that the restrictions on minor subdivisions had proved a hardship in some cases, particularly those involving family land. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, O. Buffer requirements in the Zoning Ordinance are to be maintained, as Commissioner Willhoit clarified. Commissioner Willhoit further suggested that the Planning Staff draw up amend- ments to the Zoning Ordinance which would exempt minor subdivisions from the lot size requirements. The Attorney said that since the proposed amendments were less restrictive than those advertised for the public hearing scheduled for May 24, 1982, there would be no problem considering those amendments at that Public Hearing. Commissioner Gustaveson moved, seconded by Commissioner Marshall, that Planning