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r FEB 8 194 BOOK . 56 .PACE - 93 Commissioner Bird assumed that on the transfer of site plan, the new owner will enter into some type of a written agreement with the county, agreeing to construct the project in accordance with the approved site plan, and Attorney Brandenburg confirmed that his office is going to prepare a standard form whereby a transferee developer will assume all commitments, responsibilities and obligations of the prior developer, as set out in Paragraph (2) (A) on Page 2 of the proposed ordinance. Commissioner Bird inquired about any time limit on how long a site plan is valid on a large project once construc- tion does begin, and Mr. Keating stated that as long there is not an abandonment or suspension of construction for a continuous period of six months or more, it could go on indefinitely. Commissioner Lyons expressed concern that the permit could be kept alive by making very minor improvements. Attorney Brandenburg pointed out that the ordinance calls for construction at a level to demonstrate good faith on the project.. Since this obviously is a judgment call, the ordinance is set up so that determination re abandonment of a project and termination of site plan approval would be considered at a public hearing. Discussion ensued re large projects which are done in phases, and Attorney Brandenburg explained that there is a provision which exempts projects where "the inactivity is attributable to the deliberate and scheduled phasing of a multi -phase project which has been approved as such by the County." He noted that at the time of site plan approval, the developer would indicate this is going to be a phased project and possibly provide some guidelines re their expected progress. As to current site plans where develop- ers may not have indicated the projects were to be phased, Planning Director' Keating i formed the Board that anyone 22 r