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244 <br />0* 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 EC -1: <br />Continue to use Best Management Practices (BMP's) for stormwater <br />control, as outlined within the Orange County Zoning Unified <br />Development Ordinance, Stermwater- Ordina„ee,anSeellmentatiem <br />Control Grelinanee, 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 V,elCOU4'tty Camprehen, Lve,,Pla V Page 8 -I8 <br />