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future stream buffer activity on the property. The recording of this Certificate <br />shall include an approved_ copy of the Mitigation Plan outlining the approved <br />location and method for reinstalling required vegetation. <br />The new vegetation, planted in accordance with the approved Mitigation Plan, <br />shall constitute an expansion and relocation of the required Orange County <br />stream buffer and shall be considered part of the required stream buffer area <br />upon installation. <br />This information shall be delineated on the Mitigation Plan and within the No <br />Practical Altematives Certificate recorded at the Orange County Register of <br />Deeds and shall be considered a regulated stream buffer area per the <br />requirements of this Ordinance. <br />6. Mitigation — In General: <br />The following general standards shall be utilized in all cases regardless of the <br />status of the proposed activity within a stream buffer: <br />a. For the purpose of these regulations, perpendicular crossings are <br />defined as those crossings that intersect the surface water at an angle <br />between 750 and 1050 <br />, <br />b. No matter the classification of the proposed activity, all uses /activities <br />shall observe a twenty -five (25) foot setback from the top of the banks <br />of the stream or water feature. This setback area shall remain in a <br />natural, vegetative state, <br />c. Pathways or walkways constructed out of wood or other similar <br />material shall be no wider than six (6) feet and shall be reviewed as an <br />Allowable with Mitigation use /activity in accordance with the provisions <br />of this Section. <br />d. With respect to the installation of above and below ground utility lines, <br />well systems and supply lines, the installation of public sewage and <br />water lines, or the installation of water lines serving a community water <br />system, all such lines shall be installed by a vibratory plow or trenching <br />method, directional drilling, or other similar method as proved by <br />Orange County Erosion Control and the State Division of Water Quality <br />(DWQ). The trench shall be backfilled with the excavated soil material <br />and stabilized with vegetation immediately following the installation of <br />the utility line, <br />e. Construction activities shall minimize the removal of woody vegetation, <br />the extent of the disturbed area and the time in which areas remain in <br />a disturbed state. All vegetation shall be cleared by hand. No land <br />grubbing or grading shall be allowed within the stream buffer, <br />f. Limited grading within the stream buffer may be allowed to re- establish <br />sheet flow to address stormwater issues subiect to review and <br />approval of the proposal by Orange County Erosion Control and the <br />State Division of Water Quality, <br />A- 6 <br />