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49 AGENDA ITEM #10: MATTERS HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING (MAY 24,1999) a. Subdivision Regulations Text Amendments (1) Flexible Development Provisions PURPOSE: To consider proposed text amendments to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations provisions for flexible development. These amendments are proposed in conjunction with companion amendments to the zoning ordinance. BACKGROUND: Reauestw Amendments to Section fl (Definitions), Section 11-D-3 (Preliminary Plat Approval), and Section IV-B-10 (Flexible Development) propose changes that will • delete undesirable aspects of the conservation approach; • enhance preservation of rural character in flexible development subdivisions; and ~ provide incentives for using the estate lot approach. The Planning Board Ordinance Review Committee. initiated proposed changes to address .issues regarding the conservation approach. Staff.proposes additional changes to preserve buffers along subdivision boundaries.. and. to make the estate lot approach: a more viable option .for development. Location: The amendments, if adopted, will apply to the entirety of Orange County lying outside of the Rural Buffer and outside the municipalities and their extra territorial jurisdictions, if any. Existing and Proaosed Conditions Existing: Flexible development subdivisions developed using the conservation option have not demonstrated creativity in design to preserve open space as intended by the flexibie development provisions and do not reserve/protect any natural areas that would .not be protected. by other existing provisions in the zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations. Proposed: Staff has expanded the purview of the proposed amendments to .clarify other flexible development provisions including estate lot provisions and to address inadequacies of the conservation option that are common for other flexible development approaches. An attached document giving existing ordinance language and proposed amendments contains staff annotation for each proposed amendment. Planning `staff recommends amendments to Orange County Subdivision Regutafions, Section IV-B-10 Flexible Development that will: 1. .Delete undesirable elements of the conservation approach and combine the desirable elements of that approach with the ,cluster .approach to create .the conservation-cluster (cc) approach; 2. Clarify and define configuration and placement of open space (i.e. contiguous stretches); 3. Add provision fora 100' (cc approach) or 150'. (estate approach) buffer along adjacent public roads to enhance preservation of rural character; 4. Modify setbacks. and percentage of open space allowed for placement of septic .systems; 5. Provide for Internal access for all lots in the estate approach;