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2 Q <br /> 39 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations <br /> REFERENCE: Section IV-B-8-e-3 Schedule of Required <br /> Land Use Buffers <br /> Section IV-B--8-g Waiver of Land Use Buffer <br /> Requirements <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: County Attorney <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: High x Middle Low <br /> Comment: Minor Amendments <br /> Expected Public Hearing Date: February 26, 1990 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To amend Section IV-B-8 of the <br /> Subdivision Regulations to (1) clarify <br /> the interpretation of the Schedule of <br /> Land Use Buffers as it relates to <br /> unzoned land, and (2) to extend the <br /> waiver provisions to apply to all <br /> landscape requirements. <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: Section IV-B-8-e-3 contains the Schedule of <br /> Required Land Use Buffers together with <br /> instructions on how to interpret the table. <br /> Buffers between subdivisions and adjacent <br /> land are determined by the principal use <br /> within the subdivision and the adjacent <br /> zoning or land use. In the unzoned town- <br /> ships, however, undeveloped land is current- <br /> ly assumed to be residential for the purpose <br /> of determining if a buffer is required. <br /> Since the Subdivision Regulations require a <br /> 40,000 square foot minimum lot size for lots <br /> served by on-site sewage disposal and water <br /> systems, it is appropriate to consider <br /> unzoned land AR or R-1 for the purpose of <br /> determining buffers in proposed subdivi- <br /> sions. <br /> The second amendment to Section IV-B-8 will <br /> clarify the purpose of the buffer waiver <br /> provisions and extend the scope of IV-B-8-g <br /> to include waivers for other landscape <br /> requirements contained in the Subdivision <br /> Regulations . <br />