Transcript February 20, 2007 - Macon County, North Carolina

March 6, 2007
Macon County
Planning Board
Subdivision Exemptions
• SUBDIVISION. A subdivision means all
divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or
more lots, building sites, or other divisions for
the purpose of sale or building development
(whether immediate or future) and includes all
division of land involving the dedication of a
new street or a change in existing streets;
however, the following is not included within this
definition and is not subject to this Chapter:
Subdivision Exemptions
• (1) The combination or recombination of portions of
previously subdivided and recorded lots if the total
number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are
equal to or exceed the standards required by this
chapter.
• (2) The division of land into parcels greater than ten
acres if no street right-of-way dedication is involved.
• (3) The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land
for widening or opening streets.
• (4) The division of a tract in single ownership the entire
area of which is no greater than two acres into not more
than three lots, if no street right-of-way dedication is
involved and if the resultant lots are equal to or exceed
the standards required by this Chapter.
Subdivision Exemptions
• (5) The division of land solely among or between
persons who are related to the grantor within three
degrees of lineal kinship or five degrees of collateral
kinship, which include children, grandchildren, great
grandchildren, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters,
uncles, aunts, nieces, and nephews, as computed under
the provisions of N.C.G.S. 104A-1, and whereby each
grantee is conveyed only one lot.
• (6) The division of land pursuant to an order of any state
or federal Court with jurisdiction.
• (7) The division of land for the purpose of conveying a
single lot to each tenant in common, all of whom jointly
inherited the land by intestacy (death without a will) or by
will.
Subdivision Exemptions
• (8) The division of
land for cemetery lots
or burial plots.
Major vs. Minor Subdivision
• Minor – 10 or less lots, review and
approval by staff
• Major – 11 or more lots, review by staff
and approval by technical review
committee
Process: Minor Subdivision
Start
Pre-Application
Conference
(Optional)
Plan Preparation
(Using Checklist)
Pre-Application
Application
Submittal of Site Plan
Review
Final Approval by Staff
Process: Major Subdivision
Start
Pre-Application
Conference
(Optional)
Pre-Application
Plan Preparation
(Using Checklist)
Application
Submittal of Preliminary Site Plan
Preliminary Plan Approval by TRC
Final (as built plans) Approval by TRC
Review
Technical Review Committee
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Environmental Health
Planning
Code Enforcement
Fire Marshall
Other Appointees from General Public
Review Process Goals
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Minimize “surprises” to the developer
Make the rules very clear
Make the process as quick and easy as possible
Move towards the goal of One-Stop Permitting