ORD-2007-217 -Amendents to the Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance

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Orange County SE & SC Ordinance October 23 2007 4. To discourage the construction of drainage systems which do not functionally approximate the natural drainage pattern. 5. To minimize sedimentation and erosion, within the watershed, and as a result, minimize the transport of sediment and pollutants to University Lake. 6. To protect and maintain the existing habitat of fish and wildlife. 7. To prevent damage from flooding while recognizing that natural fluctuations in water levels are beneficial. 8. To protect the absorptive, purifying and retentive functions of the natural systems existing in the University Lake, Cane Creek, and Upper Eno Watersheds area. 9. To ensure the attainment of these objectives by requiring the approval and implementation of sedimentation and Erosion Control Plans for all activities which may adversely affect the University Lake, Cane Creek, and Upper Eno Watersheds. 10. To provide and enforce design and performance standards for control of post - development erosion and sedimentation in order to preserve the characteristics that existed in the University Lake, Cane Creek, and Upper Eno Watersheds Area prior to development. SECTION 3 DEFINITIONS As used in this Ordinance, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: Accelerated Erosion - means any increase over the rate of natural erosion as a result of land - disturbing activities. Acre - means 43,560 square feet. Act - means the North Carolina Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973 and all rules and orders adopted pursuant to it. Adequate Erosion Control Measure, Structure, or Device - means one which controls the soils material within the land area under responsible control of the person conducting the land - disturbing activity. Affiliate- a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control of another person.