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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AND <br /> PLANNING BOARD <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 28, 2000 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Stream Buffer Zoning Ordinance Amendments <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YiN) YES <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Ordinance Robert P. Davis, Planner III Ext. 2580 <br /> —Craig Benedict, Director Ext 2592 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive public comment on the proposed Stream Buffer Amendments in the <br /> Zoning Ordinance <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Rogues <br /> • Amend the Stream Buffer and related sections in the Zoning Ordinance <br /> * Provides clearer and language to users to help calculate stream buffers consistently <br /> * Adds new definition in Zoning Ordinance for Usable Lot Area <br /> . � Limits portions of lots that can be encumbered by stream buffers,easements,water bodies,etc. <br /> dds a new provision for stream buffers outside Watershed Protection Overlay Districts <br /> * .Establishes minimum 30-foot(each side)stream buffers for perennial(blue line)and intermittent(dashed <br /> blue line)streams <br /> Location <br /> Amendments will apply to the entirety of Orange County lying outside'the municipalities and <br /> their extraterritorial jurisdictions, if any. <br /> Development Proces% Schedule and Action <br /> - Public Hearing On August 28,2000 <br /> • Refer amendment to the Planning Board for a recommendation back to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners no sooner than October 3,2000 <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): Planning §taff Recommendation: Approval of the proposed <br /> amendments as given in the attached documents. <br /> Administration Recommendation: Refer proposed amendments <br /> to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the <br /> Board of Commissioners no sooner than October 3, 2000. <br />