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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 18, 2001 <br /> Action Ageqdq, <br /> Item No. '7-b <br /> SUBJECT: Stream Buffer Zoning Ordinance Amendments <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Ordinance p 3-6 Robert P. Davis, Planner 111, ext. 2580 <br /> Attachment A p 7 Craig Benedict, Director, ext. 2592 <br /> Minutes— Planning Board Nov. 2, 2000 p 8- TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 10 Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Public Hearing Ordinance p 11-12 Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Minutes of August 28th Public Hearing p 13-15 Durham 688-7331 <br /> Attachment B - Watersheds p 16 Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> Continued from December 4. 2000 meeting for Planner/Attorney review of <br /> the vesting language <br /> PURPOSE: To make a decision on the proposed Stream Buffer Amendments. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Rogues <br /> This amendment modifies sections of the Stream Buffer section in the Zoning Ordinance. The <br /> bullets correspond to associated sections of the attached ordinance. <br /> Section One: <br /> • Adds new definition in Zoning Ordinance for Federal Emergency Management Agency <br /> • Adds new definition in Zoning Ordinance for Lot, Usable <br /> Section Two: <br /> • Amends the current definition of Stream Buffer to include FEMA floodplains and to identify <br /> how the measurement of the stream buffer will be performed if a water body is present <br /> Section Three: <br /> • Provides precise language to allow for consistent calculation of stream buffers countywide <br /> • Establishes minimum 50-foot (each side) stream buffers for perennial (blue line) and <br /> intermittent (dashed blue line) streams outside of Watershed Protection Overlay Districts <br /> (Attachment B (p. 16)—White areas in the County are not required to have stream buffers <br /> now) <br /> Section Four: <br /> • Sets minimum usable area (newly created lots)that cannot be encumbered by stream <br /> buffers, transmission line easements, water bodies, or a portion of wildlife corridors <br /> Section Five: <br /> • Applicability section of stream buffer ordinance amended to incorporate existing <br /> development for vesting purposes <br />