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267 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 410 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 22, 1989 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # ( -a. <br /> SUBJECT: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> (SECTION rV-B-7-b RECREATION SITES) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: _X_!es No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Ordinance Amendment Planning Director - Extension 346 <br /> • TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to <br /> Section IV-B-7-b of the Subdivision Regulations which <br /> would extend dedication/payment-in-lieu provisions <br /> countywide. <br /> BACKGROUND: With the adoption of the Master Recreation and Parks <br /> Plan and its incorporation as the Recreation Element of <br /> the Comprehensive Plan on July 5, 1988, amendments are <br /> necessary which provide consistency between the wording <br /> and intent of the N.C. General Statutes and the Orange <br /> County Subdivision Regulations. The changes, if <br /> approved, would require the dedication of recreation <br /> sites or payments in lieu of dedication on a countywide <br /> basis as follows: <br /> 1. If a subdivision were presented to the County for <br /> approval, and it contained (within its boundaries) <br /> a recreation or open space area (or portion <br /> thereof) as designated in the Recreation Element or <br /> Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan, the County would <br /> require the dedication of the area (or portion <br /> thereof) . The land so dedicated would serve the <br /> residents of the subdivision and the immediate <br /> neighborhood in which the subdivision was located. <br /> • 2. If a subdivision were presented for approval, and <br /> no portion of a designated recreation or open space <br /> area were located within the boundaries of the <br /> subdivision, a payment-in-lieu would be required. <br /> 1/4 The payments collected from subdivisions within the <br />