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6.23 EXTpA REQU1REIM-T'- 'FOR PRq'�E TEI GTP. ERSHE ! DDS` RIC`�5 (PYii-i AND PHI.-x1} 6.23.1 Stream Buffers 'P"auired In Protected Watersheds Within Protected watbrshed Districts, an area of land along perennial streams shall be required to remain in its natural state. Perennial streams are those streams in solid blue and dashed blue on the UcGS ouadrangle map series for orange County. X.23.1 a) Tr7444-h of Buffer Calculated The stream buffer area shall start at the outer edge of the flood plain and be measured a distance of fifty (50) feet away from the flood >3lain plus an additional distance depending on the slope in the buffer area. The vertical rise across the buffer area measured in feet, shall be multiplied by four (4) and this value added to fifty (50) feet to determine the total width of the buffer area. The flood plain is defined in the Orange County Flood Damage Prevention ordinance, by special sl='Irey by registered engineers or surveyors, by the alluvial soil as designated in the orange County soil survey, or' through a site analysis by the Orange County Planning Staff. Slope shall be determined from the special a-uadbyn le ma , by on-site measurements, oar, by p engineers or surveyors. €.23.1 b) Development Advisory Committee's .Review Of Stream Buffers - The Development Advisory Committee established in Article 2.4.2. , Ga7t7. review the buffer requirements for all developments and may recommend additional buffer area where necessary. 6.23.1 c3 n--4+-4-=A uses ;Within stream Buffer Areas The following uses axe allowed as a matter of right in stream buffers. All other uses are prohibited. 1. Above ground and, buried utility lines for local distribution of electricity, telephone, and cable television service, acessory and apnertent apparatus such as poles, guy wires, transformers and switching boxes. 2. Bona fide farads except any use of farm property for non-farm purposes. 3. Neighborhood utility facilities Located within a public right. of *,ray with the permission of the owner of the right of way (state, City ar Town) . 4. Public and private streets, bridges, and railroad rights of way. adhere it is necessary to construct streets, bridges, and railroad lines across buffer areas, they shall enter and exit the area as nearby perpendicular to it as possible.