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<br /> 824 Whitney Watson: So,you know, if you go back one slide,the review process, could you talk about or explain how
<br /> 825 the planning principles outlines in the land use document are both applied to the presentation or to
<br /> 826 the application and if there is any kind of report comes out of planning staff whether it goes to the
<br /> 827 county commissioners or the planning board or the DAC that says we looked at these things, and
<br /> 828 all of these principles are met or exceeded?
<br /> 829
<br /> 830 Cy Stober: So,the planning principles or guidance, so we cannot enforce them. When we do provide zoning
<br /> 831 opinions,we always refer to the planning principles because we are changing the land use to
<br /> 832 something that is not by right today, and so in order to do that,we need to know what the
<br /> 833 guidance of our comprehensive plan tells us,the principles that we should be upholding in
<br /> 834 changing that land use. With subdivisions,what we are doing is administering the rights of that
<br /> 835 land and making sure that we apply the standards accordingly, and our DAC notes,Taylor's staff
<br /> 836 provides exhaustive lists of every standard that is not being met, and then there is usually a
<br /> 837 rebuttal from the applicant on how they are going to meet all those standards, and that is a public
<br /> 838 record, and we do that for expedited minors and major subdivisions. It is most commonly seen in
<br /> 839 the minors, and the majors is they will go through one or two revisions in order to comply with our
<br /> 840 standards that are found in Article 7, but also the Article 6 standards,and if there is any use
<br /> 841 specific standards from Article 5 or Article 4. So,five is the use specific standards and four is the
<br /> 842 watershed standards and the impervious standards we have and making sure that we are
<br /> 843 complying with all of those. Similarly, the addressing ordinance, the fire code, and all of those
<br /> 844 comments are also provided there, but to your point,the principles that are found in the
<br /> 845 comprehensive plan are not really at play because this is strictly a regulatory process of applying
<br /> 846 standards. Do you comply with the regulations that we have or not, and the regulations were
<br /> 847 adopted in 2011, and at that time, I would have to go back and look at the minutes then to see if
<br /> 848 the 2008 plans principles were addressed and the adoption of that ordinance at that time, but I do
<br /> 849 not know. But no, and we do not provide that summary report on every application that we have
<br /> 850 because, again,we have over 100 a year, and we do not do that analysis because we are not,
<br /> 851 again, no one involved in this process has the privilege of negotiating on these. We have to just
<br /> 852 apply the regulations that we have in the book.
<br /> 853
<br /> 854 Statler Gilfillen: Question. Under the concept plan,you have referred to the neighborhood information meeting,
<br /> 855 and you have eliminated the planning board,which is fine, but what exactly is the neighborhood
<br /> 856 information meeting and how is that actually different than what should be the normal process that
<br /> 857 we have been going through?
<br /> 858
<br /> 859 Cy Stober: There is no change to the neighborhood information meeting requirement. That is already
<br /> 860 required for minor and major subdivisions. They have to meet with the neighbors. They are
<br /> 861 required to invite all neighbors within 1,000 feet of the property, and the property is posted as well
<br /> 862 certainly for major subdivisions, and they have to host a meeting and provide for public input on
<br /> 863 the project, present the project to the public, and it must be done no less than 30 days prior to
<br /> 864 submittal of the plat, I believe it is,to the staff for formal review.
<br /> 865
<br /> 866 Statler Gilfillen: Why is not that just combined with the planning boards and they review also?
<br /> 867
<br /> 868 Cy Stober: Because I do not think there should be a planning board review.
<br /> 869
<br /> 870 Statler Gilfillen: Pardon?
<br /> 871
<br /> 872 Cy Stober: I do not think there should be a planning board review.
<br /> 873
<br /> 874 Statler Gilfillen: Thank you.
<br /> 875
<br /> 876 Chris Johnston: Okay. Any other subject matter?
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