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4 <br />Development Ordinance Amendmentsof the UDO, the Planning Director has <br />initiated a text amendment to modify existing language requiring the submittal of <br />formal stormwater plans as part of subdivision and development applications. <br />The State recently implemented stormwater management and nutrient reduction <br />strategies. As part of these strategies, the County recently modified existing regulations <br />mandating the preparation and submittal of formal, engineered, stormwater management <br />plans as part of any development project where proposed land disturbance reached the <br />following thresholds: <br />Watershed/River BasinStormwater –Non-Stormwater –Residential <br />residential <br />Cape Fear (includes the Projects proposing over Projects proposing over <br />Back Creek, Haw River, 21,780 square feet of 43,560 square feet of <br />Cane Creek, Jordan Lake, disturbance are required to disturbance are required to <br />and University Lake submit a stormwater submit a stormwater <br />protected and critical management planmanagement plan <br />watershed overlaydistricts <br />as well as those properties <br />within the basin not located <br />in a watershed overlay <br />district) <br />Neuse (includes Flat River, Projects proposing over Projects proposing over <br />Little River, Upper and 12,000 square feet of 21,780 square feet of <br />Lower Eno protected and disturbance are required to disturbance are required to <br />critical watershed overlay submit a stormwater submit a stormwater <br />districtsas well as those management planmanagement plan <br />properties within the basin <br />not located in a watershed <br />overlay district) <br />Roanoke (includes SouthProjects proposing over Projects proposing over <br />Hyco Creek protected 20,000square feet of 43,560 square feet of <br />watershed overlay district)disturbance are required to disturbance are required to <br />submit a stormwater submit a stormwater <br />management planmanagement plan <br />These changes were incorporated into the UDO on April 17, 2012. <br />This proposed amendment is designed to: <br />1.Require formally prepared site plans for those projects exceeding established <br />stormwater disturbance thresholdsfor residential projects. <br />Submittal of formal site plans isalready required for all non-residential projects <br />regardless of the proposed land disturbance activity. <br />2. Incorporate references within various locations of the UDO identifying which <br />land development projects need to comply with these standards in an effort to <br />2 <br /> <br />