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an ingress/egress easement to the two newly configured northernmost lots ("Parcel E" and "Parcel F"). No County_ requirement or action, or known private entity other than the applicant has caused the existing situation. Also, granting of the variance could ultimately allow similar situations in the County to be approved, whereby frontage on local roads could be sold -off to "force" access on major roadways. Such a situation would hinder the County's effort to limit and control access. 2. (criteria #4) Consistency with intent of Comprehensive Plan and ordinances. The intent of the Comprehensive Plan and subdivision and zoning ordinances is to preserve -the integrity of the designated collector roadways, which includes 12th Street. As a primary collector road,it is the intent of the Plan and the requirements of the ordinances to limit access (connections) to 12th Street. Limitations on access are major considerations in all of the County's development regulations, and are needed for traffic safety and to help achieve the capacity and desired level of service of all roadways. In sary, the applicants, through their agents, have proceeded with eveloping their property (including the parcel re -configur- ation) based upon direct 12th Street access to the new "Parcel E" and 'Parcel V. However, the subdivision regulations governing such e -configuration do not allow for direct 12th Street access. Furthermore, it is staff's opinion that a -subdivision variance is not warranted because the situation has been created by the applicants or their agent(s), because of the potential to set a precedent applicable to other properties, and because the intent of the Comprehensive -Plan and County regulations is to limit access to 12th Street and prohibit direct access for "newly created" -lots . The applicant's alternative to a variance is to seek an ingress/ egres easement from adjacent property owners for access to either 11th !Place or to .12th' Street utilizing an existing permitted driv-elculvert ;connection. I RECOMMENDATION: i=iaa�a_} G :r,:�, �•: t,} is i,, . ':...'...._ Staffy,irecommends that the Board of County Commissioners deny the .. variance request. Stan Boling, Chief of Current Development, referring to the above',graphic of the parcel reconfiguration, explained that staff is recommending denial of the variance request because the intent of the ordinance is clear, and that is to minimize the number of access points onto 12th Street since it is a primary collector roadway. Staff's condition for approval of the lot split is that access or easement be obtained from 11th Place. Chairman Scurlock believed there was a uniqueness here because the applicant did hire a consultant to help them with 2 4 l-53 G ;Jeo�K