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003 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 27, 2001 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. C1 (aft) <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County,Stormwater Program for Lands Within the Neuse River Basin <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Sections 3 through 21 of the Stormwater Ordinance Craig Benedict ext 2592 <br /> Ren Ivins ext 2586 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane (336)227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To comply with state requirements in order to request delegated authority to implement and enforce <br /> the Neuse River Riparian Buffer Rule (NCAC 15A 213 .0233). This rule is incorporated into our <br /> Stormwater Ordinance in Sections 3 and 4. <br /> The Orange County Stormwater Ordinance which incorporates this rule was adopted in December <br /> 2000, and the following amendments were required by the State so that our program will parallel <br /> the State program as closely as possible, with special emphasis on civil and criminal penalties. <br /> Orange County is the first in the state to proceed with a request for delegated authority, and <br /> NCDENR- Division of Water Quality staff hope to use the County's Ordinance as a 'boilerplate' <br /> Ordinance for other local governments within the Neuse River Basin. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> In order to comply with NCAC 15A 2B .0233 Item 12: 'Requirements Specific to Local Governments <br /> with Stormwater Programs for Nitrogen Control,' Orange County has two options for protecting <br /> riparian buffers within the Neuse Basin: <br /> (1) Obtain authority (delegated authority) to implement a local riparian buffer protection program <br /> pursuant to 15A NCAC 2B .0241. <br /> (2) Refrain from issuing local approvals for new development projects unless either: <br /> (a) The person requesting the approval does not propose to impact the riparian buffer of a <br /> surface water that appears on either a Orange County Soil Survey map or the most <br /> recent USGS topographic quadrangle. <br /> (b) The person requesting the approval proposes to impact the riparian buffer of a surface <br /> water that appears on the above mentioned maps has permission from the Division of <br /> Water Quality to proceed. <br /> g:\stormwater\ABSTRACTMarchOl <br />