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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />Erosion Control Division 306F Revere Road <br />(919) 245 -2588 5 P O Box 8181 <br />(919) 644 -3002 (Fax) Hillsborough, <br />www.co.orange.nc.us �, c =L•'``' North Carolina, 27278 <br />September 8, 2009 <br />Gayle Wilson <br />Orange County Solid Waste Management Department <br />P.O. Box 17177 <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />Re: Orange County Zoning Ordinance Surface Water Identification <br />PIN 9871 -60 -7301, TMBL 7.19..24C <br />Jordan Lake Unprotected Watershed <br />Dear Mr. Wilson: <br />This letter serves as confirmation of an on -site stream determination made by Orange <br />County Erosion Control Division staff on August 26, 2009 for the referenced property. <br />Orange County enforces a stream buffer along streams and water features in the <br />County per the Orange County Zoning Ordinance (see Section 6.24.1 Additional <br />Requirements for Lots Outside of Watershed Protection Areas, as amended on May 20, <br />2003). <br />Based on our initial review of the Geographic Information System (GIS) data, the parcel <br />did not contain previously mapped streams or water features. The topographic data did <br />indicate one drainage feature in the northeast half of the property. This drainage feature <br />was evaluated in the field to determine if it met the criteria to be considered a stream <br />and thus subject to the buffer rules. The evaluation was conducted pursuant to the <br />North Carolina Division of Water Quality's Identification Methods for the Origins of <br />Intermittent and Perennial Streams (Version 3.1, February 28, 2005). Additionally, staff <br />walked the remaining portion of the tract to determine if other areas met the criteria to <br />be classified as a stream or water feature. <br />