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On July 11, 2017, the BCC established the Development Review and Permit Process Advisory Committee by resolution to review the County's processes and to make recommendations for streamlining or improving those processes (see Attachment 2). The Committee consists of thirteen total members and one alternate: ten members appointed by individual commissioners, three "at large" members, and one alternate appointed by the full BCC. The BCC appointed members at its August 15, 2017 meeting. Impacts from Hurricane Irma delayed the Committee's initially scheduled September 2017 organizational meeting. The Committee has held regular monthly meetings since October 18, 2017 (except July and August of 2018), and will automatically sunset on October 18, 2018 or upon completion of its BCC -assigned tasks, whichever occurs first. In its initial work with staff and the public, the Committee focused on the various general/overall development review processes, and forwarded a first "installment" of LDR changes to streamline those processes. Ultimately, the BCC adopted that first "installment" of LDR changes on March 13, 2018. After looking at the general/overall processes, the Committee continued to coordinate with staff and the public and focused on certain specific LDR requirements, sections/subsections, and sub- processes. This second "installment" of LDR changes (five separate amendments) are more technical in nature, and are typically limited to a specific development topic or concept. There is also an additional piggyback amendment included with this group that is technical and specific to a minor development standard change, but was not initiated by the Committee. • Proposed Amendments "Ordinance #1" - Affidavit of Exemption (AOE) Review and Approval Process: The current AOE review and approval process requires an AOE to be "platted" (i.e. recording a mylar in the public plat books) if the AOE project includes a new road or roads (e.g. private road right-of- way). The AOE plat document shows the overall project layout, including all lots, easements, and/or rights-of-way, and includes all dedications and/or other legal allowances in a clear and concise legal document (similar to a conventional subdivision plat). However, the current process does not require platting if no new road is proposed, but does require multiple individual exhibits in 8 ''/z" X 11" format including surveys, easements and/or right-of-way dedication documents, and covenant documents that must be prepared, reviewed, revised, approved, and recorded. The multiple documents are cumbersome to property owners and members of the real estate and development industry needing to review multiple recorded documents when evaluating a parcel. An AOE applicant may voluntarily "plat" a non -road AOE; however, most applicants elect the less efficient "multiple documents" option. The proposed changes to the AOE process will require all AOEs to either be "platted" or presented in a 24" by 36" recordable map format (similar to a plat). This change will provide a single, uniform process for all AOEs, and will streamline the overall process by eliminating the cumbersome back - and -forth process allowed under the current "multiple documents" option. The recordable map will provide a single, legible, efficient document for the property record. The changes also require that all AOEs be reviewed via the same established process and timeframes currently required for preliminary plat applications. 100 2