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rl 46 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations REFERENCE: Section II Definitions (Subdivision) ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff Planning Board BOCC Public X Other: County Attorney STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: X High Middle Low Comment : EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 29, 1990 PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To amend the Subdivision Regulations to allow the recombination of non- conforming lots. IMPACTS /ISSUES: A subdivision is defined as any division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose of sale or building development...0 Included in the definition are several exemptions, or actions which are not considered a subdivision. One exemption is the combination, or recombination of existing lots. A combination is the merging of two or more lots into one. A recombination is a reconfiguration of existing lot lines, with no change in the number of lots. If a division of property is not exempt, then it is subject to the Subdivision Regulations. - Subdivision of a non - conforming lot could not be approved however, because lot standards would not be met. In order for a combination or recombination to be exempt from the Subdivision Regulations, the resultant lots must equal or exceed certain standards of the subdivision regulations. Those standards include lot area, lot width, access to a public road, and Health department approval of a sewage disposal site. Non- conforming lots, by definition, do not meet these requirements. Most non - conforming lots are so defined because they do not meet existing standards for lot size. Lot width is also a common non- conformity. Recently, a situation arose in which a property owner wished to deed a 71strip to his neighbor to accommodate a driveway. The plat could not be recorded because each lot, both created prior to the adoption of Subdivision Regulations, contained less than 40,000 square