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M DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: The County's subdivision ordinance (NO. 83-24) was adopted on July 20, 1983. Since that time, staff has realized the need to modify and add to some of the existing technical surveying and platting requirements, so that these requirements may be brought into full conformance with State standards. Also, some ordinance modifications are needed to allow for more appro- priate application of requirements to certain types of development where land is subdivided. The 12 proposed amendments represent an updating and "fine-tuning" of the existing ordinance. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: The proposed amendments have been formulated, reviewed, and supported by the County Attorney's Office, Planning and Development Division, and the Public Works Division. At their June 13, 1985 meeting, the -Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the attached ordinance, amending the subdivision ordinance. The following is a section by section analysis of each proposed amendment. 1) SECTION 1. This amendment broadens the existing definition to include improved lands, blocks, tiers, sites, and units. This will more specifically apply the ordinance to the subdivision of land in developments that are not designed as single-family residential develop- ments. This amendment also excludes the creation of a private street from the definition of a subdivision. The creation of private streets is covered in section 11. 2) SECTIONS 2-5. These amendments reflect the changes needed to bring the County's platting and surveying standards into complete conformance with State standards, as well as technical standards observed by the Public Works Division. 3) SECTION 7 AND 8. These amendments reflect the changes needed to allow the platting of land condominium and townhouse type developments. The ordinance presently applies lot dimension and direct vehicular access requirements to all platted lots. These requirements reasonably apply to single-family type subdivisions, but not to townhouse and land condominium subdivisions. Individual lots in these types of developments define building units, and usually have indirect access tou streets through common parking areas and driveways. It has been the County's policy to allow these types of developments to_be platted, by waiving lot dimension and direct access requirements. These amendments would bring the ordinance in line with present County policy. 4) SECTION 9. This amendment adds a sentence to the existing right-of-way and street width requirements. It would allow the lessening of right-of-way and street pavement width for private one-way streets. Some designs in commercial subdivisions utilize one-way streets, yet are presently required to establish 50 foot rights-of-way for such streets. Under the proposed amendments, private one-way streets would have to be designed in accordance with the manual of uniform standards and be approved by both the Public Works and Community Development directors. 35 L 17 1985 BOOK 61 F,�GE 5?6