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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />1 <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 6, 1990 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # Vim^ <br />SUBJECT: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENT <br />Section II - Definitions (Subdivision) <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes �X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proposed Amendment Mary Scearbo ext. 2583 <br />5/29/90 Public Hearing Minutes <br />(Draft) <br />6/18/90 Planning Board Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />(Draft) Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to the Subdivision <br />Regulations to allow the combination or recombination of <br />non - conforming lots. <br />BACKGROUND: A subdivision is defined as any "division of a tract or <br />parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or <br />other divisions for the purpose of sale or building <br />development... ". Also included in the definition are <br />several exemptions, which include the combination, or <br />recombination of existing lots. <br />For a combination or recombination to be exempt, the <br />resultant lots must equal or exceed certain standards of <br />the Subdivision Regulations. Those standards include lot <br />area, lot width, access to a public road, and Health <br />Department approval of a sewage disposal site. <br />Non - conforming lots, by definition, do not meet these <br />requirements. The most common non - conformities are lot <br />size and lot width. <br />The proposed amendment would allow non - conforming lots to <br />be combined or recombined if no additional non - conforming <br />aspects of the lots are created, and the resultant lots <br />meet applicable impervious surface standards. <br />The proposal was presented for public hearing on May 29, <br />1990. There were no comments. The Planning Board <br />recommended approval of the proposed amendment on June 18. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends approval of the proposed <br />amendment. <br />