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M G3Glff q <br />21 <br />be carried out, the revision should be submitted <br />as a new preliminary plan in compliance with the <br />current University Lake watershed (ULW) <br />Development Standards. <br />If Habitat chooses this route, the remaining <br />acreage could be divided through a cluster <br />application. However, 14 lots would be the <br />maximum number allowed on 60+ acres. The <br />resultant development plan would inhibit Habitat <br />for Humanity's ability to provide affordable <br />housing. If Habitat wishes to pursue this <br />option, the Planning Staff recommends that <br />Habitat submit a new application for major <br />subdivision approval, including a private road. <br />Habitat may, however, proceed with the original <br />preliminary plan, including a private road, <br />provided a revised phasing plan is approved. <br />Since there is no limit on the number of phases <br />which may be requested, annual implementation <br />costs could be reduced by prop osing a greater <br />number of smaller phases. In addition, Habitat <br />may also be eligible for Community Block <br />Development Grant funds to assist in installingof <br />the roads and community water system. <br />such funding should also be considered in the <br />timing of future phases of Chestnut Oaks <br />Subdivision. As with the houses it constructs, <br />Habitat may also seek donations of materials <br />and. /or labor for building the subdivision roads. <br />The Planning Staff recommends that the request <br />for an amendment to the Phasing Plan of Chestnut <br />Oaks be resubmitted without major modification to <br />accommodate the public roads approved as part of <br />the Preliminary Plan on February 16, 1988. <br />Best indicated that he felt the "key" for the <br />Planning Board to consider is that the Planning <br />Staff views the request for a change from a <br />public to a private road as a major or <br />substantial change. <br />Burklin asked what the guidelines or definitions <br />are for deciding what is a major or minor <br />modification. Crudup responded that this is the <br />first request for an amended phasing p <br />She continued that prior to the revision to the <br />Subdivision Regulations, the applicant would have <br />come to the Planning Staff and Staff would have <br />made the determination as to whether it would be <br />a major or minor modification and advised the <br />applicant how to proceed. Then the applicant <br />