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Page 2 of 2 <br />2006 <br />Section 6.23.7 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance <br />Stream buffer <br />3. Stream buffers <br />establishes regulations governing the development and <br />regulations are <br />protection of established stream buffers within the County. <br />enforced by the <br />Planning Department <br />Current regulations do not permit the development of docks, <br />piers, or seawalls within stream buffers. <br />4. Stream buffer <br />The State's Neuse Basin regulations require that a property <br />The Orange County <br />restoration/re - planting <br />owner re- establish stream buffers in the event they are <br />Erosion Control <br />Division of the <br />disturbed or destroyed. <br />Planning Department <br />In cases where a required buffer has never previously <br />enforces the State's <br />existed, and there is redevelopment activity on the property, <br />Neuse River basin <br />the Neuse rules require that the buffer be re- established. <br />regulations. <br />The County Zoning Ordinance makes reference to these <br />standards in terms of re- establishing disturbed stream buffer <br />areas. <br />5. Ownership of the <br />In consultation with the Attorney's office, staff has verified <br />This represents a <br />of the Lake <br />that Lake Orange Inc. owns the land between the 615.0 and <br />private legal issue that <br />shoreline <br />620.0 MSL elevations around the entire lake. <br />would have to be <br />addressed by the <br />Individual property owners along the Lake do not own the <br />various property <br />have no legal claim to the shoreline or lakebed. <br />owners and Lake <br />shoreline and <br />Orange Inc. <br />These property owners do have access rights to the lake <br />through an easement allowing them ingress and egress to the <br />lake for access purposes. <br />Lot/property lines are being re- evaluated and re -drawn by <br />Land Records to properly reflect the ownership of these <br />areas. <br />The lakebed, and shoreline up to the 620.0 MSL elevations, Any unauthorized <br />6. Dredging activity <br />are either owned by the County or Lake Orange Inc. dredging activities <br />would be stopped by <br />Staff has verified, with the County Attorney, that private the Erosion Control <br />citizens do not have legal authority to engage in dredging Division and referred to <br />activities. the Army Corps of <br />Engineers who has <br />jurisdiction over such <br />activities. <br />No further facilities noted in Item 2 are allowed since existing facilities <br />NOTE: <br />presently exceed the noted State limit. <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />2006 <br />