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Vote to approve a legislative request by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners to consider amendments to the Chatham County Subdivision Regulations; amend Sections 4 Types of Subdivisions; 5.2 Major Subdivisions; and 5.3 Minor Subdivisions.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote to approve a legislative request by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners to consider amendments to the Chatham County Subdivision Regulations; amend Sections 4 Types of Subdivisions; 5.2 Major Subdivisions; and 5.3 Minor Subdivisions.
Introduction & Background:
Periodically, it is necessary to amend the text of the Chatham County Subdivision Regulations to better align with the concerns and recommendations of the development community and county residents. These text amendments seek to remedy some of the ongoing issues with Major Subdivision approvals. There are also included some minor "housekeeping" adjustments to the regulations that stem from previous text amendments. They do not necessarily affect a policy change, but rather clean up a procedural process. The redline document attached shows the minor text changes to sections 5.3 and 5.4 of the regulations.
Staff are removing some redundant language from the sections that define a Minor Subdivision. In March of 2022 the BOC approved some Subdivision text amendments aimed at relieving the burden on staff and applicants for simple road or right of way extensions. In Section 4 Types of Subdivisions. B. Minor Subdivisions says Any subdivision containing 5 lots or less with access to an existing public street, not involving any new street or road. We have removed the creation of any public improvements, or the request for a variance. We removed similar language from Section 5.3. This is just removing language that should have been removed during the last text amendment.
Residential developers have been affected by the Global Covid-19 Pandemic, and it has made it difficult to maintain development timetables implemented in the...
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