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,r <br />to be fairly "significant ". If standards for defining <br />"significantly greater" are not going to be- provided for all, <br />why provide any? <br />Alternate wording may be as follows: <br />IV- B- 3-d -1 Ia. The provision of lot sizes and building <br />setbacks significantly greater than <br />required by ordinance. The provision of lot <br />sizes which are at least twice the minimum <br />dimension required by ordinance would meet <br />the intent of this section. Compliance with <br />this standard is assured when the minimum <br />required lot size is five acres or greater. <br />"And /or" should be placed between #la and #Ib. <br />XV- B -3 -d -1 1 -5. The five criteria for determining if <br />private roads are to be allowed are constructed as 111, 2, 3, <br />4, and 5 ". This requires a subdivider to meet all five <br />criteria to gain approval of a private road. This position is <br />reinforced by the statement in the last sentence, last <br />paragraph of Section IV- B -3 -d -1 - "Compliance with .1 through <br />5 of the above standards does no insure approval of either a <br />public or private road... ". <br />Two problems exist with the wording /structure. First, the <br />reference to public road in the last sentence is not needed. <br />The referenced standards are those for private roads not <br />public. The reference to -a "public" road should be deleted. <br />Second, requiring a subdivider to comply with all five <br />standards is a significant change. A subdivider could provide <br />five -acre lots (5x minimum required lot size) and still be <br />turned down for a private road. The preferred structure is to <br />have a period (.) after each standard (1 -5) and leave the <br />last sentence as currently worded - "Compliance with one or <br />more of the above standards... ". <br />IV- B -3 -d -1 Restrictive covenants which prevent further <br />subdivision of the property and limit uses to <br />residential, agricultural or open space shall <br />be made a condition of approval. Uses are as <br />defined in the County Zoning ordinance. <br />There is no concern about restricting further subdivision of <br />the property. However, there is a contradiction in the last <br />part. Uses cannot be limited to residential, etc. in one <br />breath, and, in the next, opened to residential, retail, <br />office, industrial, etc. by reference to the permitted use <br />table of the Zoning Ordinance. <br />52 - <br />