ORD-2010-025 Upper Eno Watershed Critical Area-Zoning Ordinance

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44 60 a reservoir not be placed at the Seven Mile Creek location that there still needs to be environmental protection. The Planning Board 61 can remove the critical area of the designation and staff suggests replacing it with'/:mile buffers on specific streams. 62 63 In response to discussion regarding the legality of stricter County guidelines that the State, Perdita Holtz advised she researched it 64 and found in the State provision that it states local governments may extend critical areas as needed. 65 66 Craig Benedict gave further review of the map and the water supply. He pointed out where each area of the County receives their 67 water supply. He showed the map reflecting staffs recommendation for the new watershed critical area. He reviewed the 68 recommendations for what areas would be protected including definitions with explanations. He advised that the changes will require 69 notification of some parties. Craig also advised there would be a new section based on the definition for third and fourth order 70 streams. He noted he would have septic system information for the northwest comer of the County at the next meeting. He advised 71 the soils in that area are the most severely restricted septic system area of the County and the soils have not been able to support 72 anything close to one acre lots. Craig let the Board know that staff would give another item on this if staff receives questions from 73 the Planning Board during the month because it will be on the February Quarterly Public Hearing. He reiterated the recommendation 74 from staff for the Board. 75 76 Jeff Schmitt noted that in the Seven Mill Creek area the contraction of critical use north of interstate 85 does not inhibit that reservoir 77 being developed down the road. 78 79 Craig Benedict advised that was correct. He also advised that staff had taken the same rules used to define class 1/class 2 80 reservoirs and different stream orders and applied them to the University Lake and Cane Creek area; and there are some changes 81 there. 82 83 Brian Crawford asked if the item could come back in February if there are any additional comments or questions Planning Board 84 members should call or emailed Craig and Perdita. He noted that based on those questions/comment, he and Craig would 85 determine the need to meet again in February. 86 87 Craig Benedict also advised the Board that there is another implication regarding bio-solids from treatment plants. The State allows 88 them outside their critical area but does not recognize the County's critical area so part of the process may be to ask the State to not 89 .permit bio-solid application in some of the Orange County defined critical areas. 90 91 AGENDA ITEM 3: ADJOURNMENT 92 93 Meeting was adjourned by consensus 2