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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 17 , 1995 <br /> Action Agen a <br /> Item # .=X- <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Article 6.23 Watershed Protection Overlay Districts <br /> (stream and reservoir buffers) <br /> DEPARTMENT:' PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Report on Stream/Reservoir Buffers Mary Willis <br /> Proposed Amendment Extension 2583 <br /> Citizen Correspondence <br /> 11/30/94 Public Hearing Minutes (draft) <br /> Draft Resolution of Board of Commissioners <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 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 allow for the- <br /> reduction of setbacks adjacent to streams and reservoirs to the <br /> extent necessary to allow development of an existing lot of <br /> record. <br /> BACKGROUND: Attached is a report concerning stream buffer provisions of <br /> the Zoning Ordinance, as applied to existing lots of record. <br /> There have been a number of complaints concerning the impact <br /> of stream and reservoir buffer requirements. In some cases, <br /> the required buffers render an existing lot unbuildable <br /> without a variance, since the width of the buffer was not <br /> taken into account when the lot was created. This issue <br /> creates a particular problem for the existing lots surrounding <br /> Lake Orange. <br /> On September 6, 1994, the Planning Staff presented to the <br /> Board of Commissioners a proposed strategy to address <br /> situations which now require a variance of stream or reservoir <br /> buffer requirements. The Board of Commissioners referred the <br /> proposed strategy to the Planning Board and Ordinance Review <br />