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3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> PLANNING BOARD <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 5, 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 3 <br /> SUBJECT: Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment — Final Subdivision Plat School <br /> District Signature Block <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Proposed UDO Text Amendment Tyler Sliger, Planner II (919) 245-2586 <br /> Cy Stober, Director (919) 245-2592 <br /> PURPOSE: To review and comment on County-initiated amendments to the Unified <br /> Development Ordinance (UDO) regarding proposed removal of the school district <br /> signature block on final subdivision plats. <br /> BACKGROUND: Subdivisions that follow the traditional or major subdivision review <br /> process have to receive several signatures before recording the plat, one of them being <br /> the relevant school system (7.13.3 (F)(3)(g).. This requirement is related to the Schools <br /> Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO), adopted in 2003, which requires school <br /> districts to issue an approved Certificate of Adequate Public School Facilities (CAPS) <br /> before recordation of the final plat for a subdivision. Research into the plat certificate <br /> requirement has shown that no adopted/approved documents related to the SAPFO <br /> require the school district's signature on final plats. <br /> Planning staff is recommending that the signature block be removed from the <br /> subdivision recordation process to remove an unnecessary step from subdivision plat <br /> approval and streamline the recording timeframe. The school district will still be required <br /> to issue a CAPS as part of the subdivision review process, in keeping with the adopted <br /> SAPFO and its accompanying Memoranda of Understanding (MOU). The approved <br /> CAPS will be part of the application package and maintained with the subdivision <br /> request file. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There are no costs associated with this project other than the <br /> use of staff time and the required legal advertisement. County staff has and will <br /> continue to accomplish the necessary tasks associated with amending the UDO and <br /> the legal advertisement will be paid from budgeted funds for this purpose. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Planning Director recommends the ORC review the <br /> proposed amendment and provide any feedback to staff. <br />