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Environmental, native uplands, and tree protection requirements apply to the "project site". OTE: This criterion results in conservation easements for upland setaside areas and avoidance or mitigation of wetland impacts. Private property owners associations must be established where common areas or private road rights-of-way are created. NOTE: Plats for private road rights-of-way (unpaved private roads) may be filed in conjunction with affidavit of exemption projects to create new private road frontage for new parcels. Such roads are dedicated to private property owners associations. No affidavit of exemption or aggregation of affidavits of exemption shall result in the creation of 50 or more parcels. NOTE: This criterion means that a single affidavit of exemption request, or aggregation of requests from the same owner on adjacent sites, cannot exceed a total of 49 new parcels. Such a 49 parcel "project" would cover a minimum of + 245 acres. To date, the Largest approved affidavit of exemption request created only 7 parcels. Staff anticipates receiving the 11 parcel Ralph Lindsey request shortly. No affidavit of exemption shall cover agriculturally designated properties (lands located outside the Urban Service Area). NOTE: This criterion means that the affidavit of exemption process can be applied only on lands inside the Urban Service Area only. Affidavits of exemption are exempt from platting requirements (unless private road right- of-way is proposed). In addition, affidavits of exemption are exempt from providing infrastructure improvements, including: streets, utilities systems, storniwater management systems, bikeways, sidewalks, and streetlights. After parcels are created, however, stormwater management and water and wastewater requirements are applied during the review for single family homes on individual parcels. Thus, the affidavit of exemption criteria address some of the most basic development issues (road frontage and access, minimum public road right-of-way standards, environmental regulations, and overall project size) and defer utility and drainage matters to the time of building permit review. The exemptions delete infrastructure improvement requirements that are common in residential subdivisions. In essence, the county exempts requirements for such improvements to allow a low density rural lifestyle without urban services and paved roads, at a lower development cost • Affidavit of Exemption Process In addition to reduced infrastructure requirements, the affidavit of exemption process is less extensive than the platting process. Platting requires that an applicant go through a pre -application process with staff, obtain Planning and Zoning Commission preliminary plat approval, obtain a land development permit from Public Works, construct or "bond - out" for improvements, obtain final plat approval from the Board of County Commissioners, and have the plat and associated documents recorded. The affidavit of exemption process is shorter, requiring an applicant to go through a pre -application JANUARY 22, 2002