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Article 5 Uses 55 <br />Section 5 13 Standards for Agricultural Uses <br />k) The Operations Plan and the Rehabilitation Plan shall be coordinated/10 <br />that the amount of disturbed land is kept to the absolute minimum <br />consonant with good practices and so that rehabilitation procee in <br />concert with extraction <br />(1) N and disturbance shall take place within 250 feet of the oning lot line <br />or th roperty line where the zoning line and the prope line are one <br />and the ame Within the 250 foot setback area, exis g vegetation <br />shall be r fined for the purpose of providing a vis screen and noise <br />buffer No ' turbance or removal of vegetation all be permitted <br />except for acc s roads leading from the exca tion area to public <br />roads Where ve tation within the 250 foot etback does not exist, the <br />applicant shall be re wired to provide a d se, evergreen buffer <br />consistent with the pur ose cited abov The buffer shall be in place <br />prior to the initiation of a excavatio activities <br />(m) The applicant shall submit o ra nal reports, prepared on an annual <br />basis, detailing the amounts of aterials extracted, extent of extractive <br />area, depth of extractive are , an esults of groundwater test borings. <br />(n) Annual inspections of th operation s II be conducted by the Planning <br />Director following sub ittal of the annua operations reports to determine <br />compliance with th rovisions of the Spec I Use Permit <br />(o) In cases of aba onment or termination of op tions for a period of 12 <br />consecutive onths, application for a new Speci Use Permit is <br />required <br />(p) The Bo rd of County Commissioners shall require for a extractive uses <br />a pe rmance guarantee to insure that the provisions of t <br />R abilitation Plan are met Such performance guarantee s II be in a <br />rm approved by the County Attorney The amount of such g rantee <br />shall cover the cost of rehabilitation on a per acre basis, if the co does <br />not exceed the amount posted with the State If the rehabilitation c t <br />exceeds the amounts required by the State then the difference shall b <br />made up in a bond to Orange County <br />(SECTION 5.13: STANDARDS FOR AGRICULTURAL USES <br />5.13 .1 G al Feeder OperatjG. 26 <br />(A) General Standards <br />26 This is a bona fide agricultural use and cannot be regulated by zoning so staff is suggesting it be removed from <br />the UDO <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 5 -120 <br />