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2 <br /> 1 Planning Director Craig Benedict made a PowerPoint presentation and made an <br /> 2 introduction of the notices. He said that for the people that received a p ost card, there will be no <br /> 3 changes to their land. of the other people that were noticed, about ago eo le were notified <br /> p p <br /> 4 that they could be potentially included in the new critical area and about 300 eo le were <br /> p p <br /> 5 notified that they would be excluded based on the new definition. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Upper Eno Watershed Critical Area Amendments <br /> 8 [quarterly Public Hearing <br /> 9 February 22, 2010 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 What's Being Proposed? <br /> 12 - Zoning ordinance Text Amendments <br /> 13 o Criteria used to designate Critical Area <br /> 14 o Definitions <br /> 15 - Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments <br /> 16 o Ensure consistency <br /> 17 - Zoning Atlas (map) and Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Ma p Amendments <br /> 18 o Depiect new definitions/criteria with a redefined overlay map <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Why change? <br /> 21 - Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan calls for re-evaluation of Seven Mile Creek area <br /> 22 - Zoning ordinance Text and Atlas need to match <br /> 23 o Present Atlas does not match text in some areas <br /> 24 o Can lead to disputes <br /> 25 - Potential reservoirs protected in 1994 are no longer suggested <br /> 26 - Focused economic development growth areas <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Proposed Criteria <br /> 29 - Based on straight-fine distances: <br /> 30 o From normal pool elevations of reservoirs (Class I and Class II) <br /> 31 o From centerline of third order and higher streams for a specified distance <br /> 32 - Excludes areas designated as "Transition Areas" (i.e., growth areas) on the <br /> 33 Comprehensive Plan Land use Element Map <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Rationale for change <br /> 36 - Town of Hillsborough has built its West Fork reservoir. Future Phase If is permitted <br /> 37 - No plans by Town or County for additional reservoirs so delete language <br /> 38 - Clarify that there are State-Required and County-Designated Critical Areas (same <br /> 39 regulations—density, lot size, impervious surface) <br /> 40 - Removes from "critical Area" designation lands in Efland area designated for <br /> 41 growth/economic development <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Why change? (continued) <br /> 44 - Continue to protect: <br /> 45 o Water quality <br /> 46 o Headwaters <br /> 47 o Fragile water supply <br /> .48 o Groundwater resources <br /> 49 o Aquatic environments <br /> 50 - Remove text-map Conflicts <br /> 51 <br />