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18 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 658 <br /> 659 Beth Bronson: In a proposed plan but not an executed plan? <br /> 660 <br /> 661 Cy Stober: No, no,they would have to be recorded. <br /> 662 <br /> 663 Beth Bronson: Because of the subdivision of that tract could be recorded. So, say there was a tract of land of 50 <br /> 664 acres, and say there were 12 houses,for the purposes of being less than 5 acres, right? If <br /> 665 somebody then sold those 50 acres to Jane Doe, Jane Doe would not have to adhere to the 12 <br /> 666 subdivided lots? <br /> 667 <br /> 668 Cy Stober: She had nothing to do with dividing those lots, yeah, and she would not be purchasing those. <br /> 669 <br /> 670 Beth Bronson: She would be purchasing the parent tract, or like the 50 acres. <br /> 671 <br /> 672 Cy Stober: If she purchased all 13 lots, I suppose,or 12 lots,then I guess she would be responsible for all of <br /> 673 them, but that seems unlikely. <br /> 674 <br /> 675 Charity Kirk: If it is 100 acres and like 50 acres is subdivided and the other 50 acres is like divided in two, and <br /> 676 then Jane Doe buys 25 of those acres, she does not have to wait 10 years to redivide them. Is <br /> 677 that right? <br /> 678 <br /> 679 Cy Stober: Well, in fact,what it says is that we, as staff, should go back to 2003 and look at the boundaries of <br /> 680 that 100 acres then and tell her oh,you want to divide your land into two lots,you have to rezone <br /> 681 the entirety of it because now you are a major subdivision to create two lots. It just does not, <br /> 682 when you walk the dog on it, it does not pass the logic test because her neighbor maybe divided it <br /> 683 into 20 lots 5 years ago. <br /> 684 <br /> 685 Beth Bronson: Her neighbor or the seller? <br /> 686 <br /> 687 Cy Stober: Either one. The neighbor could be the seller. <br /> 688 <br /> 689 Beth Bronson: I see. <br /> 690 <br /> 691 Cy Stober: I mean the intention was to prevent that from happening, but it does not conform with the private <br /> 692 property rights afforded to property owners in North Carolina. <br /> 693 <br /> 694 Beth Bronson: By right. <br /> 695 <br /> 696 Cy Stober: Yeah. <br /> 697 <br /> 698 Beth Bronson: Fine. Got it. <br /> 699 <br /> 700 Chris Johnston: Okay. Any other questions? <br /> 701 <br /> 702 Cy Stober: Okay. Major subdivisions,we do not see many. We have very stringent subdivision standards, <br /> 703 the open space requirements,the buffers,those are not subdivision standards. The road <br /> 704 standards are good and a high standard, high quality, and our buffering standards are also very <br /> 705 protective and essentially in ensuring that the new development would not be incredibly disruptive <br /> 706 to the character of the area,and so they are fairly expensive standards to comply with, and the <br /> 707 other options are more appealing frequently to people in the county. So,we see, honestly,about <br /> 708 as many rezoned residential rezonings a year as we do major subdivisions. We see about one <br /> 709 major residential rezoning a year, and we see just over one major subdivision a year. This is the <br /> 710 Stonewell subdivision,which is up on another road north of Hillsborough,and this is an example <br /> 711 of a major subdivision, one of those ones we saw in 2024 that the commissioners, and I think this <br /> 712 board, also just said well, if they meet all the standards, then I guess we have to approve it, so we <br />