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ARIcte 6: Wvelopment Standards <br />Section 5.13: Stream Buffers <br />appurtenant apparatus such as poles, guy wires, transformers and <br />switching boxes, aW <br />(2) individual or community wells <br />(3) . Public water and sewer lines are permitted only as <br />allowed by the Orange County Water and Sewer Policy, and may be <br />located within stream buffers only to the extent necessary to cross the <br />stream buffer as closely as possible to perpendicular. Individual or <br />community wastewater disposal systems are not permitted in stream <br />buffers. <br />(4) Public and private streets, bridges, aPA- railroad rights -of -way, and other <br />similar travel ways, provided that they enter and exit the buffer area as <br />nearly perpendicular as possible <br />(6) ,archaeological activities /projects conducted in accordance with all <br />applicable County, State and Federal regulations <br />(6) Dam /reservoir maintenance activities <br />(7) Maintenance of existing outfalls provided they are managed to minimize <br />the sediment, nutrients, and other pollution that convey to waterbodies. <br />(8) Driveway crossings on single - family residential lots that disturb less than, <br />or equal to, 25 linear feet or 2,500 square feet of stream buffer. <br />(9) Greenways and /or hiking trails six feet in width composed of natural <br />materials at least 30 feet from the top of bank of a stream or water body. <br />(10) Historic preservation projectslactivities <br />(11) Periodic maintenance of modified natural streams, such as canals, and a <br />grassed travel way on one side of the surface water when alternative <br />forms of maintenance access are not practical. <br />(12) Public water and sewer lines that do not disturb over 40 linear feet <br />('13) New- eff", ids - pravi€ �.a- ; ip� ria♦a ##er tha t <br />+�e�s-- tt�e -r�u i rerx�ets- of- �# �t+ on-+ s-. esk�blish�- adjPrsea�t-- to --ttae <br />RGAd- <br />(14) Stream restoration and /or stream bank stabilization <br />(16) Wetland restoration, in accordance with all applicable County, State and <br />Federal regulations <br />(16) Vegetation management, including but not limited to: <br />(a) Emergency fire control measures provided that topography is <br />restored <br />Orange County, North Carolina - DRAFT Unified Development Ordinance Page 5 -142 <br />