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TUSCANY RIDGE SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAN , Issue Public Concerns County Response/Actions 1 . Location/Land Rural Character • Current zoning within the rural buffer allows 2-acre lots. Use • This density was established 14 years ago. Local residents value the rural character of the area • The development's planned density levels meet all current zoning and believe that the density of this development is requirements. too.great for a "rural" area. • The neighborhood developed lot size pattern ranges from 2 acres to 10+ acre exempt lots. The majority;of the area is underdeveloped. • As growth pressures continue to escape the urban areas, the 2-acre density and 2-acre minimum acre lot size is the probable subdivision design pattern. • Open space design options are not mandated in the rural buffer area. • The Cane Creek and University Lake watershed sections of the county now have larger lot sizes and lower densities. (first 10 acres a 2-acre density and 5-acre density thereafter) • The USGS report also infers what may be considered a sustainable minimum lot size based on water consumption/recharge, soils characteristics, and rainfall data. This is under review and will likely be part of the land use plan as land holding capacity constraints. $ " ' d W 2. Rural Buffer Public Notification • Public notification regarding development activity is not required in Issues the rural buffer. A change in notification procedures within the Most people attending the meeting were very upset buffer may require a rule change and amendment review by all that the neighborhood had not been made aware of members in the joint planning area. Notifying people where it is not the Tuscany Ridge plans before both the Planning required by the present code would be overstepping staff s present Board and the Board of County Commissioners authority and incur unbudgeted expenses. approved the preliminary plans. • The Planning Board asked staff to review public notification requirements inside of the joint planning area (JPA) and compare it with the requirements outside the JPA. • An amendment to County ordinances will follow next Public Hearing. • The Neighborhood information meeting (NM is required for major subdivisions (5+ lots) in other sections of the county. • The reason for the absence of a NIM in the rural buffer may be related to the 2-acre minimum being the largest minimum lot size at that time and therefore lot size pattern incompatibilities had been