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6.23.11 ADMINISTRATION <br />a) Appeals <br />Amended <br />4 -1 -96 Decisions of the Zoning Officer in the implementation of this Article may be <br />appealed to the Orange County Board of Adjustment in accordance with <br />Article 2.3.7 of this Ordinance. <br />b) Variances <br />Amended Minor variances for dimensional requirements may be approved by the Board <br />1 -17 -95 of Adjustment in accordance with Article 2.3.6 of this Ordinance. The Board <br />4 -1 -96 of Adjustment may also approve variance requests to allow the use of off -site <br />1 -20 -98 septic easements for lots created before January 1, 1994, and for non- <br />conforming lots of record. <br />A Minor Variance is defined as a variance from the minimum statewide water <br />supply watershed protection rules that results in a relaxation by a factor of up <br />to ten (10) percent of any management requirement under t he I ow d ensity <br />requirement. <br />A Major Variance is defined as a variance from the statewide water supply <br />watershed regulations that results in the relaxation by a factor of greater than <br />ten (10) percent of any management requirement under the low density <br />option or the relaxation of any management requirement that applies to a <br />development project requiring construction of a BMP. <br />A description of each project receiving a variance and the reason for granting <br />the variance shall be submitted for each calendar year to the Division of <br />Water Quality on or before January 1 st of the following year. <br />All other local governments having jurisdiction within the watershed area and <br />the entity using the water supply for consumption shall be notified of the <br />proposed exemption. <br />6.24 Additional Requirements for Lots Outside of Watershed Protection <br />Areas <br />Amended <br />9/18/01 <br />6.24.1 In areas not identified on the Official Zoning Atlas as Watershed Protection <br />Amended Overlay Districts, a stream buffer a minimum of 50 feet in width shall be <br />9/18/01 established along both sides of streams identified by any of the following <br />5/20/03 means: 1) shown as solid blue lines or as broken blue lines on the USGS <br />Quadrangle maps, 2) shown as a water feature in the Orange County Soil <br />Survey, or 3) a water feature identified by a field determination of County staff <br />trained in surface water identification through the North Carolina Division of <br />Water Quality (NCDWQ). Stream buffers shall extend around the perimeter of <br />all other water features if any portion of the stream buffer of a stream touches <br />the water feature. Disputes pertaining to water feature decisions by County <br />staff shall be filed directly to the NCDWQ. Stream buffers for Soil Survey <br />streams shall only be calculated using Method A as explained in Section <br />6.23.7d. <br />6 -46 <br />