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t 1 <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 1. 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item#—X A <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Article 6.23.11 Watershed Protection Overlay Districts(Administration) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes_X_No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT NEEDED Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Mary Willis <br /> Proposed amendment Extension 2583 <br /> OWASA Resolution <br /> 2/26/96 Public Hearing Minutes(draft) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 3/18/96 Planning Board Minutes(draft) Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill-967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment which would authorize the Board of <br /> Adjustment to grant variances to allow the use of septic easements in <br /> watersupply watersheds. <br /> BACKGROUND On November 13, 1995, the Board of Adjustment considered a variance request <br /> for a septic easement. The lot in question contained 10 acres Because the lot was <br /> part of a plat which was exempt from subdivision regulations, a soils analysis <br /> was not required prior to creation of the lot. It has been determined by <br /> Environmental Health that the lot does not contain soils suitable for septic <br /> disposal. A residence cannot be build on the Freshwater parcel unless <br /> wastewater disposal can occur on an easement on the adjacent parcel. <br /> Article 6.23.8 (Watershed Protection Overlay Districts - Water <br /> Supply/Wastewater Disposal) of the Zoning Ordinance prohibits the use of off- <br /> site septic easements in all water supply watersheds. Article 6.23.11 (Watershed <br />