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35 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS <br /> REFERENCE: SECTION III-D-1-b PLANNING DEPARTMENT REVIEW <br /> PROCEDURES (MAJOR SUBDIVISION CONCEPT PLAN) <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: x Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: x High Middle Low <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: February 26, 1990 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To provide adequate time for staff <br /> review of major subdivision Concept Plans. <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: <br /> The Subdivision Regulations require that Concept Plans for <br /> major subdivisions be presented to the Planning Board within <br /> 45 days of acceptance of the application. . In order to comply <br /> with this time limit, it is often necessary to present a <br /> Concept Plan to the Planning Board less than two weeks after <br /> it is submitted. About 2 weeks is needed to prepare, copy, <br /> and distribute the agenda abstract. Time available for the <br /> actual review of the proposal and development of a staff <br /> recommendation is inadequate. <br /> It is proposed that a 30-day period be allowed for staff <br /> review, and that the Concept Plan be submitted to the <br /> Planning Board at its first meeting after that period. This <br /> would at a minimum allow 2 weeks for review of the project, <br /> and two weeks for preparation and distribution of the agenda <br /> abstract. <br /> The maximum amount of time between acceptance of the <br /> application and submittal to the Planning Board would be <br /> about 60 days. <br /> EXISTING AND PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: <br /> III-D-1-b. Planning Department Review Procedures <br /> Upon receipt of the Concept Plan, the Planning <br /> Department shall review the proposal for general <br /> compliance with the requirements of this Ordinance <br /> and the Zoning Ordinance, if applicable. The <br />