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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts33 Section 4.2: Watershed Protection (A) Hillsborough Economic Development District (1) The Hillsborough Economic Development District is located wit M the Lower Eno - Unprotected watershed. Within the Hillsborough Econom),vUevelopment \District, as designated in the Land Use Element of the prehensive Plan, the maximum impervious surface ratio is 50% with dete9k6n ponds. 4.2.7 Placement of Streams, Driveways, and Buildings (A) Streets, driveway , and buildings or other struc es shall be located, to the extent reasonably possible, as to take full adva ge of the absorptive capacity of the soils on which they are to be s ated and to id the following environmentally sensitive areas: (1) Stream buffer zones as red by Section 6.13; (2) Wetlands as defin by the U.S. rmy Corps of Engineers; (3) Land with sl s greater than 15 %; a (4) Natural eas as identified in the Inventory atural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of O nge County, NC. (B) To avo. creating lots that will be difficult to build upon in com 'ance with the standards Of t i Section, the preliminary plan shall show proposed building velopes and proximate driveway locations for all lots within subdivisions. (1) A zoning compliance permit shall not be issued for the constructio f buildings or driveways outside the areas so designated on the preliminary plan ess the Planning Director makes a written finding that the proposed location comp i s with the provisions of this Section and Sections 6.13 (Stream Buffers) and 6. (Stormwater Management). 4.2.8 Modifications of the Impervious Surface Ratio Modifications of the Impervious Surface Ratios may be requested through one of the following provisions: (A) Through variance procedures of the Board of Adjustment, as described in Section 2.10. (B) Through approval and recordation of a conservation agreement, as provided in Article 4 of Chapter 121 of the N.C. General Statutes, between Orange County and a land owner that prohibits development of land in a protected watershed in perpetuity, subject to the following: (1) A modification of the required impervious surface ratios may be approved administratively but only to the extent that additional land in the same watershed is conserved or protected from development. (2) The land which will be subject to a conservation agreement must be adjacent to the land proposed for development and for which a modification of the impervious surface ratios is sought. (a) As an example, a person owning a 40,000 square foot lot and subject to a 12% impervious surface ratio would be limited to 4,800 square feet of impervious coverage. If the person's plans called for 5,500 square feet of coverage (a difference of 700 square feet), the recording of a conservation easement on 5,833 square feet of contiguous property would satisfy the impervious surface ratio requirements. (12% of 5,833 square feet is 700 square feet.) project is located. This is the reason why language for note 2 within Section 4.2.6 is different from the same note in Section 4.2.5. Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 4 -10