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wi PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations REFERENCE: Section III -D -2 -e ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: —X Staff Planning Board BOCC Public Other: STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: High X Middle Low Comment: PUBLIC HEARING DATE: December 11, 1990 PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To consider a proposed amendment which would add another basis for subdivision to be revised. IMPACTS /ISSUES: 2 to the Subdivision Regulations allowing the phasing plan for a major On January 8, 1990 the Subdivision Regulations were amended to allow revisions to the phasing plans of major subdivisions. The amendment provides a remedy for development plans for which the 12 -month time limit for obtaining Final Plat approval had expired or was about to expire. Six criteria used to justify revised phasing plans were set forth in Section III- D -2 -e. On September 4, 1990, the Board of Commissioners approved a revised phasing plan for Four Birches Subdivision. The Preliminary Plat for Four Birches expired on August 1, 1990. Road and landscaping improvements were not complete, and there had been no security posted to assure their completion. The revised phasing plan allowed an additional four months (December 1, 1990) to receive Final Plat approval. If the improvements are not completed by that time, then security must be posted. However, conditions of the phasing plan approval state that, even if secured, the improvements must be completed by August 1, 1991. Had the subdivision been approved on August 1, 1990, security could have been posted for a period of one year, requiring the applicant to complete the improvements by that same date of August 1, 1991. Four Birches' justification for a revised phasing plan, when compared with the current criteria set forth in Section II- D -2 -e, did not present a strong case for approval. The fact that proposed phasing would not extend the time limit for completion of improvements was the basis for the administration's recommendation for approval, and the Board of Commissioners approval of the Four Birches phasing plan. The Board of Commissioners directed Staff to prepare an amendment to Section II -D -2 -e allowing approval of a phasing plan if the time available to install improvements was not extended.