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ORANGE C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date August 6,_ 1990 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # V-1V <br />SUBJECT: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENT <br />(SECTION III -C -5 APPEAL PROCEDURES /MINORS <br />SECTION III -D -1 -e APPEAL PROCEDURES /MAJOR CONCEPT PLANS <br />SECTION III -D -4 APPEAL PROCEDURES /MAJOR FINAL PLATS) <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Crudup <br />Ext. 2580 <br />Proposed Amendment <br />4/27/90 Letter from Town of <br />Chapel Hill TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />5/29/90 Draft Public Hearing Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Minutes Durham - 688 -7331 <br />6/18/90 Draft Planning Board Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Minutes Chapel Hill - 967- 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to Section III of the <br />Subdivision Regulations - Application and Approval <br />Procedures. The proposed amendments include a time <br />limit on appeals of minor subdivisions, as well as <br />major subdivision concept plans and final plats. <br />BACKGROUND: Section III of the Subdivision Regulations contains <br />approval and appeal procedures for major and minor <br />subdivisions. Currently, the provisions do not <br />specify a time period within which decisions of the <br />Planning Board or Planning Department may be appealed. <br />A time limit on appeals is desirable since regulations <br />and policies affecting an application, and site <br />conditions may change periodically. The Planning Staff <br />recommends a time limit of thirty (30) days to be <br />consistent with the time limits for appeals set forth <br />in the Zoning Ordinance. In addition, Section III -B -1 <br />of the Subdivision Regulations contains a 30 -day time <br />limit for an appeal of the Planning Department's <br />