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COLEMAN, BERNHOLZ, DICKERSON, <br />BERNHOLZ, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE <br />1TTORNEYS AT LAw <br />.'.0. DRAWER 1529 <br />129 E. TRYON ST. <br />HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. 27278 <br />919.732 -2196 <br />919- 942 -8000 <br />CHAPEL HILL OFFICE <br />SUITE 20, FRANKLIN BUILDING <br />137 E. FRANKLIN STREET <br />CHAPEL HILL, N. C. 27514 <br />919 - 929.7151 <br />ALONZO B. COLEMAN, )R. <br />STEVEN A. BERNHOLZ <br />DONALD R. DICKERSON <br />ROGER B. BERNHOLZ <br />GEOFFREY E. GLEDHILL <br />DOUGLAS HARGRAVE <br />G. NICHOLAS HERMAN <br />KIM K. STEFFAN <br />NATHANIEL E. CLEMENT <br />MARILYN E. TOMEI <br />Of Counsel <br />BONNER D. SAWYER <br />(1902 -1972) <br />June 16, 1988 <br />Mr. Marvin Collins <br />Director <br />Orange County Planning Department <br />306F Revere Road <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Re: Albert Reaves Estate Subdivision <br />Dear Marvin: <br />This letter is in response to your December <br />31, 1987 letter regarding the application of <br />subdivision requirements for lots greater than ten <br />acres in size when they are part of a subdivision <br />containing lots less than ten acres in size. The issue <br />is one of jurisdiction. That is, does the County have <br />jurisdiction over lots greater than ten acres in size <br />when they are part of a subdivision containing lots <br />less than ten acres in size. The answer is, in my <br />opinion, yes it does. Only where every lot in a <br />subdivision (containing no public.street dedication) is <br />greater than ten acres is the subdivision exempt from <br />County subdivision regulations. <br />All subdivision requirements, then, must be <br />satisfied as to the whole subdivision. Zoning <br />ordinance requirements must, of course, be satisfied, <br />regardless of the size of the lots involved (I'm not <br />sure what the reference to zoning ordinance provisions <br />in your December 31, 1987 letter means in this <br />context). <br />It may be that the subdivision regulation <br />requirements, and particularly those dealing with <br />landscaping, were not drafted with large lots in mind. <br />It may be that the application of some subdivision <br />requirements, landscaping and others, may be un- <br />reasonable when applied to lots greater than ten acres. <br />If so, the regulations should be changed to recognize <br />I <br />li <br />