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, <br /> Chapter 8: Services and Facilities Element <br /> • Needed improvements to ongoing surface water <br /> mapping in the County; and <br /> • Needed additional water quality data to inform <br /> inspection and watershed protection programs. <br /> 8.4.2.3. OBJECTIVES <br /> The intent of this Plan is that this list of objectives will help guide <br /> regular and ongoing decisions-making by the County related to <br /> regulation of erosion control and stormwater systems. Each objective <br /> has a recommended timeline for completion. (Definitions of timelines <br /> provided in Section 1.4: Administration and Implementation <br /> Guidelines.) <br /> Services and Community Facilities Goal 5: Efficient and <br /> effective drainage, stormwater, floodplain management, and <br /> erosion control systems. <br /> Objective ECA: <br /> Continue to use Best Management Practices (BMP's) for stormwater <br /> control, as outlined within the Orange County Zoning Unified <br /> Development Ordinance, <br /> Coiitre' Ordinance, to minimize potential adverse impacts on the <br /> water quality. (See also Land Use Objective LU-2.3, Natural Areas <br /> Objective NA-4 and Water Resources Objective WR-20.) <br /> Objective EC-2: <br /> Protect and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological quality <br /> and integrity of water supply reservoirs. <br /> Objective EC-3: <br /> Prohibit activities that adversely affect surface and ground water <br /> systems that may serve or do serve as a public water supply. <br /> Objective EC-4: <br /> Use low-impact stormwater design principles when developing new <br /> or retrofitting existing drainage systems that do not functionally <br /> approximate the natural drainage pattern. <br /> Objective EC-5: <br /> Minimize sedimentation and erosion to reduce the transport of <br /> sediment and pollutants to surface waters. <br /> Objective EC-6: <br /> Protect and maintain the existing aquatic, riparian and terrestrial <br /> habitats-of fish and wildlife. <br /> Objective EC-7: <br /> Prevent flood damage to public and private property. <br /> Objective EC-8: <br /> Protect the absorptive, purifying and retentive functions of the <br /> natural systems existing in the County. <br /> Ora WCotu ty C&vnpreRe+u e�Plaav Page 8-18 <br />