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49 <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 25, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AMENDMENT <br />SECTION III -C -3 - REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES <br />(Minor Subdivisions) <br />SECTION IV -B -2 - LAND SUITABILITY <br />SECTION V -C -5 - UTILITY AND DRAINAGE DATA <br />(on Preliminary Plats) <br />SECTION V -D -S -c - UTILITY AND DRAINAGE DATA <br />(on Final Plats) <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Amendment <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # 4 a (1-4) <br />PUBLIC HEARING X Yes No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Scearbo <br />Extension 2583 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on an amendment to the <br />Subdivision Regulations which would incorporate <br />specific provisions for requiring drainage easements. <br />BACKGROUND: All subdivisions are reviewed by the Erosion Control <br />Division to determine if the drainage characteristics <br />are such that each lot is suitable for development. <br />Drainage easements are routinely recommended along <br />streams, swales, or other channels if needed to assure <br />that development of a lot will be safe and protected <br />from damage caused by stormwater run -off. <br />There are currently no provisions in the Subdivision <br />Regulations which refer specifically to drainage <br />easements as a means of rendering a lot suitable for <br />development in the event that reservation of drainage <br />easements are recommended by the Erosion Control <br />Division. The proposed amendments add text which <br />specifies and clarifies this existing and historical <br />practice used by the Planning Department to meet site <br />suitability requirements with respect to drainage. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Section VII -D of the Subdivision Regulations requires <br />that the Board of Commissioners and the Planning Board <br />hear proposals to amend the ordinance at the quarterly <br />