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000321 <br /> APPROVED CHANGES TO THE <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> SEDIMETTI'ATION AND EROSION <br /> CONTROL ORDINANCE <br /> SECTION 2 <br /> Section 2 Purposes <br /> This ordinance is adopted for the purposes of: <br /> (1) Regulating the clearing► grading► excavation► filling and <br /> manipulation of the earth and the moving and storing of waters in order to: <br /> control and prevent accelerated soil erosion and sedimentation► prevent the <br /> pollution of water► prevent damage to public and private property► maintain <br /> the balance of nature► prevent the obstruction of natural and artificial <br /> drainageways► inhibit flooding and reduce the undermining of roads and other <br /> transportation facilities. <br /> NOTE: The underlined portions of the paragraph above will be added to the <br /> Ordinance. <br /> SECTION 3 <br /> Section 3 Definitions <br /> Act - means the North Carolina Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of <br /> 1973 and all rules and orders adopted pursuant to it. <br /> NOTE: This definition will be added to the Ordinance. <br /> Person Responsible for the Violation - as used in this Ordinance means: <br /> (a) the developer or other person who has or holds <br /> himself/herself out as having financial or operational control over the land <br /> disturbing activity; and /or <br /> (b) the landowner or person in possession or control of the land <br /> when he/she has directly or indirectly allowed the land-disturbing activity or <br /> has benefited from it or he/she has failed to comply with any provision of <br /> this Ordinance► the Act► or any order adopted pursuant to this Ordinance or <br /> the Act as imposes a duty upon him/her. <br /> NOTE: This definition will be added to the Ordinance. <br /> Person Conducting Land-disturbing Activity - means any person who <br /> may be held responsible for a violation unless expressly provided otherwise by <br /> this Ordinance, the Acts, or any order adopted pursuant to this Ordinance or <br /> the Act. <br /> NOTE: This definition will be substituted for the definition <br /> of Person Conducting the Land-disturbing Activity in <br /> the Ordinance. <br /> Siltation - means sediment resulting from accelerated erosion which is <br /> settleable or removable by properly designed, constructed, and maintained <br /> control measures; and which has been transported from its point of origin <br /> within the site of a land-disturbing activity; and which has been deposited► <br /> or is in suspension in water. <br /> NOTE: This definition will be added to the Ordinance. <br /> Sedimentation - means the process by which sediment resulting from <br /> accelerated erosion has been or is being transported off the site of the land <br /> disturbing activity or into a lake or natural watercourse. <br /> NOTE: This definition will be substituted for the definition of sedimentation <br /> in the ordinance. <br /> Working Days - means days exclusive of Saturday and Sunday during which <br /> weather conditions or soil conditions permit land-disturbing activity to be <br /> undertaken. <br />