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MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Lyons, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Wodtke, that the <br />Board authorize staff to prepare an amendment <br />to the County's Subdivision Ordinance as above, <br />and submit it to the Planning & Zoning Commission <br />before bringing it back to the Board. <br />Commissioner Wodtke asked if this would mean that any <br />subdivision must connect directly to a paved road, and <br />Commissioner Lyons felt that the amendment could be modified. <br />by defining a subdivision as three houses or more, but he <br />felt very strongly that we should not have subdivisions of <br />any size that don't connect to a paved County road. <br />Attorney Brandenburg explained that the County's <br />Subdivision Ordinance includes certain exemptions, i.e. <br />five -acre subdivisions where even the interior streets need <br />not be paved. He suggested that this matter be referred to <br />staff for a recommendation to be brought back to the Board <br />atthetime other changes to the Subdivision Ordinance will <br />be considered. <br />Before taking any action on this matter, Commissioner. <br />Bird preferred to see some sort of a thoroughfare plan for <br />the County which would include paved and dirt roads. <br />Chairman Scurlock favored supporting some vehicle other <br />than this, such as an impact fee or monies escrowed to pay a <br />fair share of the paving. He believed it would be unfair to <br />hold a developer of a subdivision at the total mercy of the <br />County having to do something or possibly the State. He <br />emphasized the benefits, however, of consolidating <br />development, i.e. long-range planning for utilities. <br />Commissioner Lyons had no problem with that, but felt <br />that the County should have some sort of policy in regard to <br />approving subdivisions out in the middle of nowhere which <br />have dirt roads running substantial distances before <br />49 <br />APR 4 1984 BOOK 56 PAGE 591 <br />