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3 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS REFERENCE: SECTION II - DEFINITIONS ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff Planning Board BOCC Public Other: County Attorney STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: High X Middle Low Comment: EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: November 27, 1989 PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To add language to the definition of "subdivision" to provide consistency with State enabling legislation and to clarify standards for lots resulting from the combination or recombi- nation of existing lots . IMPACTS/ISSUES: The State enabling legislation gives the County the authority to regulate subdivision activity within its jurisdiction. The definition of subdivision in Section II of the Subdivision Regulations follows the language of the North Carloina General Statutes. It contains a list of exceptions which are not included in the definition of subdivision and are not subject to the regulations . The words, "portions of" has been added to the description of combinations and recombinations to be more consistent with the wording in the General Statutes. According to the defini- tion, combinations and recombinations are exempt from the regualtions provided "the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the County as shown in its subdivision regula- tions. " The applicable standards for resultant lots have been speci- fied as 1) minimum lot size and lot width, 2) access to a public road, and 3) evaluation of sewage disposal sites by the Health Department, or notice of restricted development potential. The purpose of listing these standards is to make clear the intent that recreation and landscape requirements are not applicable to combinations and recombinations since the number of lots is not increased. EXISTING AND PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: