2024 - 2 ORDINANCE - Ameding the UDO - Plat Approval - 3-4-24

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FILED LEE COUNTY NC PAMELA G. BRITT REGISTER OF DEEDS FILED Apr 15, 2024 AT 09:14:26 am BOOK 00004 START PAGE 0004 END PAGE 0007 INSTRUMENT # 02264 EXCISE TAX (None) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE OF LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Lee County, North Carolina that the Unified Development Ordinance be, and it hereby is, amended as follows: Section 1. That Article 6 Subdivision Regulations be amendment to extend the period of major subdivision preliminary plat approval from two (2) to three (3) years. 6.1.3 AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION 6.1.3.1 (Unincorporated Lee County and the Town of Broadway) The Governing Body is vested with the authority to review, approve, conditionally approve, and disapprove applications for preliminary plats in accordance with NCGS § 160D-803(c). 6.3.3 PRELIMINARY PLAT 6.3.3.1 PURPOSE (Unincorporated Lee County and the Town of Broadway) The preliminary plat application involves an examination of the proposal in much greater detail than at the sketch plat stage, since this stage determines whether the project will be approved, and if so, the conditions that will be required. Preliminary plat approval is the key discretionary decision-making point in the approval process. The applicant is required to submit, as applicable, detailed information as to all aspects of the development, including street layout, preservation of natural site features, and recreational and parking facilities, in order to assure that the decision- makers and all parties interested in the project have the opportunity to review all significant facets of the project. 6.3.3.2 APPLICABILITY (Unincorporated Lee County and the Town of Broadway) Approval of a Preliminary Plat is required for any tract where the eventual platting of the property involves a major subdivision.No final plat shall be approved util a Preliminary Plat for the property has been approved.