HomeMy WebLinkAboutOmega-Westerfield Farms Letter to J. Slusser.d
Planning Department
www.harnett.org
PO Box 65
September 23, 2008
108 E. Front St.
Lillington, NC 27546
RE: Information requested for Omega/Westerfield Farms Subpoena
Ph: 910-893-7525
Fax: 910-814-6459
Ms. Jennifer Slusser,
As per your request, I have worked to compile all information available to me
regarding the demands on the subpoena.
In regards to Item 3, I do not feel that it would be possible for any members
of our staff to complete this request. We do not have the capability to compile
a list of all subdivisions ever created within the County, which is the first
road-block in meeting the request. We might be able to use our tracking and
permitting system, which only dates back for a number of years, to get a list
of all approved subdivisions but that is a guess on my part. If we were able to
use the tracking system, it would not be a complete list, as the system only
goes back to a certain time period, of which I am not familiar. The list would
also have to be sorted by date, per the request, as all subdivisions approved
after May 2007 would not be relevant to the requested itself. An incomplete
list would not fulfill the requirements of the request on the subpoena. If an
incomplete list was for some reason acceptable, and we were able to get a list
from the tracking system, we would then have to differentiate between major
and minor subdivisions (those with six (6) or fewer lots). From there, we
would have to sort out all subdivisions that were granted approval but did not
pull any permits within two (2) years of the approval date, because according
to our regulations those subdivisions would have lost vested rights. I would
not feel comfortable saying that is even possible. However, if it were possible,
from there we would have to sort between subdivisions that have gotten
vested rights, but have not gotten Certificates of Occupancy (CO) on all lots
within the subdivision. As you can see, there are far too many ‘maybes’ for
this request to be reasonable or attainable.
Please feel free to contact me with questions or concerns regarding any of the
information provided above.
Thank you,
Samantha Ficzko
Planner II
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