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A <br /> ORANGECOUNTY 1 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 6, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item# L0-6 <br /> SUBJECT: REPORT ON CITIZEN REQUEST TO MODIFY WATERSHED CRITICAL AREA <br /> BOUNDARY <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes_x—No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT NEEDED Yes—x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Mary Willis <br /> 6/19/97 Memo from Marvin Collins Extension 2583 <br /> 6/6/97 Memo from Warren Faircloth TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 7/18/97 Letter from Sim Efland Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Map Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To report on a citizen's request to change land use restrictions on his property. <br /> BACKGROUND: On May 5, 1997, Sim Efland asked the Board of Commissioners to exclude his <br /> property from the critical area of the Upper Eno Watershed. He contends, <br /> among other things, that property located in the Seven-mile Creek watershed no <br /> longer drains into Seven-Mile Creek because of I-40/1-85 construction. A report <br /> by Warren Faircloth, Erosion Control Supervisor, concerning this issue is <br /> attached. <br /> Any change to the critical area boundary and restrictions which have been <br /> adopted by Orange County would require amendment of the Orange County <br /> Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Atlas and Zoning Ordinance through the public <br /> hearing process. <br /> A description of watershed protection regulations applicable in the Upper Eno <br /> critical area and Mr. Efland's complaint regarding the application of those <br /> regulations to his property are provided in the attached report entitled <br /> "Information Pertaining to 7118197 Complaint by Sim Efland". <br /> Mr. Efland has not submitted application materials to request modification of <br /> the critical area as it pertains to his property or other properties within the <br /> critical area. He may initiate further action through the public hearing process, <br />