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1 O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 6, 1992 Action Agenda Item #—A—=_& SUBJECT: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AMENDMENT SECTION III -C -3 - REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES (Minor Subdivisions) SECTION IV --B -2 - LAND SUITABILITY SECTION V -C -5 - UTILITY AND DRAINAGE DATA (on Preliminary Plats) SECTION V -D -5 -c - UTILITY AND DRAINAGE DATA (on Final Plats) DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x —No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Scearbo Proposed Amendment Extension 2583 11/25/91 Public Hearing Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 12/16/91 Planning Board Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Minutes (Draft) Durham - 688 -7331 Mebane - 227 -2031 Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 PURPOSE: To consider an amendment to the Subdivision Regulations which would incorporate specific provisions for requiring drainage easements. BACKGROUND: All subdivisions are reviewed by the Erosion Control Division to determine if the drainage characteristics are such that each lot is suitable for development. Drainage easements are routinely recommended along streams, swales, or other channels if needed to assure that development of a lot will be safe and protected from damage caused by stormwater run -off. There are currently no provisions in the Subdivision Regulations which refer spedfically to drainage easements as a means of rendering a lot suitable for development in the event that reservation of drainage easements are recommended by the Erosion Control Division. The proposed amendments add text which specifies and clarifies this existing and historical practice used by the Planning Department to meet site suitability requirements with respect to drainage. The proposed amendment was presented for public hearing on November 25, 1991. There were no comments other than general discussion and clarification.