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of Concept Plan approval, to prepare and file an application for Preliminary Plat <br />approval. <br />• FOURTH ACTION – Once a concept plan option is approved, the Planning Board <br />reviews and makes a recommendation on the approval of the Preliminary Plat for <br />the project. <br />STAFF COMMENT: The Planning Board will review the Preliminary Plat <br />application at its October 7, 2015 regular meeting. <br />• FIFTH ACTION – The BOCC reviews and takes action on the Preliminary Plat <br />application. <br />• SIXTH ACTION – If approved, and once all construction activities have been <br />completed or appropriate financial assurances have been approved, staff will sign <br />off on a Final Plat, which will be recorded in the Orange County Registrar of Deeds <br />Office. <br /> <br />Proposal: The petitioner has submitted a Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat application proposing to <br />develop a conservation cluster flexible development subdivision with 19 single-family residential lots <br />with an overall density of 1 dwelling unit per every 2.52 acres of land area. A summary of the <br />proposal is as follows: <br /> <br />Subdivision Type Number of <br />Lots <br />Average Lot <br />Size <br />Area in Open Space Open Space <br />Percentage <br />Flexible Development <br />Plan <br />19 1.22 acres 21.5 acres 44.9% <br /> <br />The lots within the subdivision range in size from 1.0 acre (smallest) to 1.68 acres (largest) in area. <br /> <br />Staff has determined the Preliminary Plat application is consistent with the Concept Plan approved <br />by the Planning Board at its June 3, 2015 regular meeting. Please refer to Attachment 4 for the <br />minutes from this meeting. <br />STAFF COMMENT: The proposal is in accordance with the anticipated densities and <br />minimum lots sizes for parcels located within: <br />• The Rural Buffer land use category as defined within the adopted Comprehensive <br />Plan, <br />• Rural Designated areas of the County as denoted on the Growth Management <br />Systems Map, and <br />• The Rural Buffer – Rural Residential Area land use category as defined within the <br />Joint Planning Land Use Plan. <br />It should be remembered the clustering of lots is permitted in accordance with the <br />provisions of the UDO as well as in Section 6, Future Land Use – Joint Planning Area <br />of the Joint Planning Land Use Plan, which can be viewed utilizing the following link: <br />http://orangecountync.gov/planning/documents/JPALUPDocument.pdf <br /> <br /> 20