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30 <br />Approved 4/3/13 <br />Larry Wright: What would happen? <br />Michael Harvey: They apply for variances or make do with what they have. <br />Alan Campbell: I would like to get a sense of the current requirement is 6% and University Lake requires a <br />professionally prepared site plan. What is the benefit having that versus a plot plan? Does it help you understand <br />they are meeting that 6 %? <br />Michael Harvey: We get with a certain level of specificity with a professionally prepared site plan versus a plot plan. <br />Detailed are breakdowns of the impervious surface is just a prime example. <br />Alan Campbell: It sounds like you are proposing an automatic burden on a lot of people when there is no need for it <br />when you always have the option of requirement and storm water to back you up. <br />Michael Harvey: That is not a wrong argument. <br />Lisa Stuckey: Is there a consensus among the group that "c" is the feedback we want to give. <br />Herman Staats: I understand based on that map that you have the 6% zones and they would have to have a <br />professionally prepared plan. How does the storm water runoff criterion compare or what does that mean? <br />Michael Harvey: Basically, we wanted to avoid county planning staff looking at one set of drawings and Orange <br />County Erosion Control looking at a totally different set. On page 54 for example, you can have 1/2 to one acre of <br />disturbance. If "c" were the option, regardless of the watershed you are in, if you exceed these thresholds; we need <br />a professionally prepared site plan. <br />Herman Staats: If we used "c" these people in the 6% zones would not have to do it unless they met the storm <br />water criteria. <br />Michael Harvey: Or we make the formal determination we cannot make an affirmative finding a permit can be <br />issued unless we have more detail. <br />Tony Blake: I am trying to understand the historical context here. I realize that was the only water supply when <br />that was put in effect. I don't understand why around Little River is 6% and others are not. <br />Craig Benedict: Part of University Lake is to ask OWASA what they know from history. That goes back before the <br />watershed rules were put in effect in 1994. Little River was in protection for a Durham water supply and that is not <br />a requirement of the state just Orange County protecting water supply. In Cane Creek, it is a very small watershed <br />and we are going to see what the differences or state mandates are in excess of that. <br />Herman Staats: The only other issue is the interaction with the public so if you use the storm water guidelines but <br />then you have the discretion of the requiring a professional plan, what will be the most public friendly. <br />Michael Harvey: There is language in the code that gives us discretion of requiring a professionally prepared site <br />plan if we can't make a decision with respect to the issuance of permit and what is proposed complies with County <br />regulations. The typical cadence for a permit review now is that local residents, developers, etc. come to the <br />planning department and we do a site assessment. That provides a brief explanation, examination of the natural <br />features on a property. We have been directed by the BOCC to provide you with OWASA feedback in response to <br />the change in the ordinance and they will be giving you some history. <br />2 <br />