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ORANGE COUNT'( <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> WORK SESSION <br /> AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 18,2002 <br /> Acoon Agenda <br /> tern No. a <br /> SUBJECT: Payment-In-Lieu(PIL)Status Repcl <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING (YIN) �o <br /> ATTAGHMENT(B): None INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Craig N. Benedict,ext.25a2 <br /> Babe Stencil,Sit Bob Jones, em. 2661 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillaborough 7326181 <br /> Chapel Hill AWASH <br /> Domain 6884331 <br /> Mebane (336)22]-0031 <br /> PURPOSE: To hear a brief repoononthe status of the PlL regulation as it relates to its present <br /> standards of dedication of land for public sites or payment-In-lust of dedication <br /> atlon. <br /> BACKGROUND: Section IV-B-7 of the Subdivision code entitled"Sites for Public Uses' requires <br /> that anyone who subdivides land shall dedicate a portion of the properly or make a"payment-in- <br /> lieu"for recreation purposes. <br /> Presently the code stardom includes: <br /> Dedicate <br /> 1157 sure per lot quality land <br /> 1120 acre per of environmentally constrained land <br /> These standards are employed if the Recreation 8 Parks Advisory Board/ER08 determines that <br /> the subdivision area has public site suitability for dedication. However,this portion of the bothered <br /> has been rarely used because even a 100-unit site would only require 1.75 acre dedication (100 <br /> units times 1/57 acre)which is small and chains nor in central area service. Environmental land <br /> dedications could total s awes(100 units times 1120 acre). <br /> Presently there is not a clear mechanism that it a parts protect is a prospective recreation site and <br /> dedication requires a small dedication, haw can adjacent additional purchases be accommodated <br /> to achieve a functional threshold size site <br /> If dedication is not warranted <br /> PIL occurs <br /> $622,00 per lot R community pat area <br />