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17 <br />EXISTING COUNTY REGULATIONS — STREAM BUFFERS: <br />Replacement of damaged /destroyed stream buffer: <br />• Existing standards requiring replacement of protected stream buffers <br />in the event they are destroyed or removed are scattered throughout <br />the existing text, <br />• There is no true comprehensive standard within the existing <br />Ordinance, <br />• There have been issues surrounding consistency due to the nebulous <br />language of the current regulations. <br />A graphic example of this problem is as follows: <br />Water Body <br />• Required stream buffer area <br />'iii• <br />■h'« l <br />P 0 0 <br />Joe <br />J Disturbed Area — existing <br />regulations do not provide a <br />definitive, comprehensive, <br />replanting procedure for staff <br />to utilize in addressing <br />disturbance of protected <br />stream buffers <br />Developable area <br />Existing vegetation <br />B -17 <br />