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33 <br /> Cane Creek Reservoir Study and the already <br /> established University Lake Study which <br /> established water quality protection for that <br /> lake. <br /> Hoecke - opposed due to the opposition of OWASA) . <br /> Burklin also expressed concern as a health issue <br /> but did see this as procedure and asked that the <br /> Commissioners consider the health issue with the <br /> Health Department. <br /> (3) Article 6.23.8 - Watershed Protection Overlay <br /> Districts (W&S Facilities/Off-Site Septic <br /> Easements) <br /> Presentation by Mary Willis. <br /> This item is to consider a proposed amendment to <br /> the Zoning Ordinance to allow the use of septic <br /> easements as needed in all protected watersheds <br /> except the University Lake Watershed. <br /> On December 21, 1993, the Board of Commissioners <br /> adopted amendments to the Orange County Zoning <br /> Ordinance, Zoning Atlas, Subdivision Regulations <br /> and Comprehensive Plan to implement mandated <br /> watershed protection standards and to extend <br /> zoning to Little River and Cedar Grove Townships. <br /> Those amendments included prohibition of off-site <br /> septic easements (except for repair area) in all <br /> protected watersheds. Prior to adoption of the <br /> amendments, the prohibition of septic easements <br /> applied only in the University Lake Watershed.' <br /> There was little discussion of septic easements - <br /> at the Commissioner's meetings after the August <br /> public hearing, however,* Zoning Ordinance <br /> amendments adopted on December 21, 1993, included <br /> the prohibition of septic easements in all <br /> watersheds. <br /> After receiving comments from citizens after the <br /> adoption of the amendments, the Chair of the <br /> Board of Commissioners requested that the <br /> Planning Staff present an amendment for public <br /> hearing in February 1994 so that this specific <br /> provision can be revisited. <br /> Given the lack of specific discussion, and the <br /> magnitude and complexity of the amendment package <br /> adopted on December 21, the Planning Staff is <br /> unsure as to whether the restriction on septic <br /> easements was deliberately incorporated as a part <br />