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Vote on a legislative request to approve by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners to consider amendments to the Chatham County Subdivision Regulations; specifically, Sections 1.13, Variances; 2.3, Meaning of Specific Words and Terms; 6.4, Final Plat, subsection B, Features; 5.2B Concept Plan; and 7.7 Conservation Subdivision - Alternative Standards for Development; and to the Chatham County Conservation Subdivision Guidelines for Conservation Space Selection to include an appeals process of staff decisions, remove the option allowing off-site septic systems for subdivision lots, require environmental impact assessments be reviewed by the Environmental Review Advisory Committee, and revise conservation subdivision development standards and guidelines.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a legislative request to approve by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners to consider amendments to the Chatham County Subdivision Regulations; specifically, Sections 1.13, Variances; 2.3, Meaning of Specific Words and Terms; 6.4, Final Plat, subsection B, Features; 5.2B Concept Plan; and 7.7 Conservation Subdivision - Alternative Standards for Development; and to the Chatham County Conservation Subdivision Guidelines for Conservation Space Selection to include an appeals process of staff decisions, remove the option allowing off-site septic systems for subdivision lots, require environmental impact assessments be reviewed by the Environmental Review Advisory Committee, and revise conservation subdivision development standards and guidelines.
Introduction & Background:
The conservation subdivision option was adopted in 2008 and provides a 10-15% density bonus for the preservation of a minimum of 40% of the site as conservation space. The first conservation subdivisions were approved in 2014 (The Retreat at Haw River and US Steel) and one of those subdivisions has been constructed. Four additional conservation subdivisions (Ryan's Crossing, Firmage, Morgan Ridge P...
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