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3 <br />PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br />ORDINANCE: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS <br />REFERENCE: 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 -5 -c - UTILITY AND DRAINAGE DATA <br />(on Final Plats) <br />ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff Planning Board <br />BOCC Public <br />Other: County Attorney <br />STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: X High Middle Low <br />Comment: <br />EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: November 25, 1991 <br />PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: <br />To incorporate specific provisions for requiring drainage <br />easements. <br />IMPACTS /ISSUES: <br />All subdivisions are reviewed by the Erosion Control Division <br />to determine if the drainage characteristics are such that <br />each lot is suitable for development. Drainage easements are <br />routinely recommended along streams, swales, or other <br />channels if needed to assure that development of a lot <br />will be safe and protected from damage caused by stormwater <br />run-off. <br />There are currently no provisions in the Subdivision <br />Regulations which refer specifically to drainage easements as <br />a means of rendering a lot suitable for development in the <br />event that reservation of drainage easements are recommended <br />by the Erosion Control Division. The proposed.amendments <br />add text which specifies and clarifies this existing and <br />historical practice used by the Planning Department to meet <br />site suitability requirements with respect to drainage. <br />EXISTING AND PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: <br />III -C -3. Review and Aunroval Procedures <br />Upon acceptance of a minor subdivision application, the <br />Planning Department shall determine if the plat and <br />application conform with all applicable regulations, <br />including any applicable conditions of an approved Special <br />Use Permit. Auxiliary documents as required by Section <br />