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<br /> 383 Chris Johnson: So,while we're paused here, because I was very rude and interrupted the interruption, does
<br /> 384 anyone else have a question before we continue on? Okay cool. Sorry about that Cy.
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<br /> 386 Statler Gilfillen: I keep interrupting, because I couldn't understand.
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<br /> 388 Cy Stober: No, so this is just the legal context for what we can and can't do. So,we, in our ordinance, have
<br /> 389 arguably six different types of subdivisions. I would actually,there may be a seventh category
<br /> 390 depending on how you look at it. We have subdivisions that are exempt from our local regulations
<br /> 391 by state law,that's the statutory reference,that are expedited in their review by state law, and
<br /> 392 we're going to go through all these. Lucky you. That, and then we have what we classify as
<br /> 393 minor, and we have two different types of minor subdivisions,those that are conventional;that is,
<br /> 394 that they meet the minimum lot size of the zoning district which is typically about 1 acre, or they're
<br /> 395 flexible which allows the lot size to be reduced in size because, and then with a corresponding
<br /> 396 dedication in open space. That's held by the HOA not by the county. And then we have majors,
<br /> 397 and the difference between minors and majors is really about the lot count, and this decision was
<br /> 398 made in I think prior to 2008 about where that threshold is. But we have conventional, again,that
<br /> 399 conforms with the minimum lot size for the zoning district and flexible which has the smaller lots of
<br /> 400 but more open space dedicated. Yeah?
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<br /> 402 Beth Bronson: Is minor lot being defined as 12 or less or 21?
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<br /> 404 Cy Stober: I get to all of that.
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<br /> 406 Beth Bronson: Okay.
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<br /> 408 Cy Stober: Yeah,we will get to all that in just a moment.
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<br /> 410 Beth Bronson: Okay.
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<br /> 412 Cy Stober: Yeah,we're going to go through each one of these and talk about what they are and how many
<br /> 413 we see in the county every year and show you a typical plat for each one of these too so you
<br /> 414 understand what we look at on almost a daily basis. So,thanks to Taylor,we have here all of the
<br /> 415 subdivision actions from the past 5 years, calendar years, before you, and that may be hard to see
<br /> 416 and don't worry,you're going to get to zoom in. But what we've been seeing is a steady increase
<br /> 417 in the number of subdivision applications we receive every year. About, I would say, it's roughly—
<br /> 418 except for that jump between '22 and'23—it's generally about a 7 to 8 percent increase every
<br /> 419 year in the number of subdivision applications. And this past year we saw the highest number in
<br /> 420 the last 5 years at 123 subdivision applications. This is generally how they break down, so the red
<br /> 421 is exempt, so again those are exempted from local standards by state law; expedited which are
<br /> 422 largely exempt from local standards by state law; regulated minors and regulated majors. And in
<br /> 423 that, again, minors have a smaller number of lots and majors have larger numbers of lots. You'll
<br /> 424 see here,for the past 5 years we have averaged just over one major subdivision per year in
<br /> 425 Orange County, and this is kind of how it breaks down. So,this is an average over that 5-year
<br /> 426 period, and you'll see here, I mean,we have some of these, and we're going to go into each one
<br /> 427 in more detail. But, if you see the purple is inconsistent from year to year, that's the regulated
<br /> 428 minors. But,when we average it out over a 5-year period,you see that, on average,we have 34
<br /> 429 exempt subdivisions a year,almost 50 expedited, 13 regulated minor and one regulated major.
<br /> 430 And this,you can see on the pie chart how that proportionally breaks down,and again this is an
<br /> 431 average over a 5-year period. This does not represent anyone year, because we have a lot of
<br /> 432 variability there. So, if someone's a statistician, there may be a better tool than average or mean,
<br /> 433 but we can have that conversation. So, talking about exempt subdivisions, so this is state law.
<br /> 434 State law tells all of us; municipal, county,that we are not permitted to regulate any one of these
<br /> 435 five actions. The No. 1 that we see is recombination of lots, so that's'where you have two lots
<br /> 436 and you're changing the lot lines. You're either consolidating those two lots into one or sometimes
<br /> 437 you're doing land swaps and you're moving lot lines around, but we do not regulate those. We
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