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Any project above 40 lots in a 'green' (Rural Designation) area (See Growth Management <br />System Map, Attachment 3) and above 79 lots in a 'tan' (Urban Designation) area would have <br />the option to pursue rezoning. Rezoning for subdivision purposes would not necessarily, and in <br />most cases would not, include any change in land use density. Normally, projects filed for <br />planned development in the Rural Designation areas are based on design (reduction in lot size <br />and increased open space, type of units, etc,) and whether or not the project, as proposed by <br />the developer, advances the County's goals in housing and environmental related areas. <br />[A copy of the County's existing Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Map has been <br />provided as Attachment 4] <br />IV SUBDIVISION REGULATION CHANGES <br />A. Sets the new criteria far determining whether a proposed subdivision is to be processed as <br />a Major Subdivision, Class A Special Use or a Major Subdivision, Planned Development <br />Class A Special Use under existing zoning ordinance provisions of Article 7 and 8, <br />respectively. The determining factors are location (whether inside or outside of Transition <br />Areas and Water and Sewer Service Areas) and the number of lots proposed, <br />V ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGES <br />(See Growth Management System Ordinance, Attachment 5) <br />A. Adds language to the Permitted Use Table by identifying subdivisions as either a Planned <br />Development or Major Subdivision Class A Special Uses under both the Housing (H)and <br />Service (S) categories <br />B. Amends Table of Contents, Article 6,29, "Development Standards for Economic <br />Development Districts" and Article 4.3, "Permitted Use Table" to add 629.4, "Additional <br />Requirement for Certain Subdivisions". <br />C. Creates a new Special Use identified as 8,8,29 "Major Subdivision Class A Special Use <br />(Rural Designated or Urban Designated)" with corresponding subheadings and <br />nomenclature identified in the proposed amendment, <br />D. New Special Use Permit performance criteria (Section 8.8.29.1A) for all subdivision <br />applications above 20 lots: <br />(See attached Ordinance for descriptions) <br />a) Notification <br />b) Development Schedule <br />c1) Water/Sewer Commitment <br />c2) Water Resource Report <br />c3) Sewage Disposal Report <br />d) Open Space Connectivity <br />e) Natural & Human-Made Resources <br />f) Pedestrian/Bicycle Plan <br />g) Landscape Plan Details <br />