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41 <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 23, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. E.1 <br /> SUBJECT: Impact of 2015 Legislative Updates on Orange County's Erosion <br /> Control/Stormwater Programs, Riparian Buffer and Impervious (Built-Upon <br /> Area) Regulations <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) 0 <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Memorandum on SL2015-246 (H44) - Howard W. Fleming, Jr., PE, <br /> Stormwater Impacts Engineering/Stormwater Supervisor, <br /> 2. Memorandum on SL2015-286 (H765) - (919) 245-2586 <br /> Stormwater Impacts Michael Harvey, Planner III, (919) 245-2597 <br /> 3. Memorandum on SL2015-246 (H44) - Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br /> Riparian Buffer Impacts (919) 245-2592 <br /> 4. Session Law 2015-149 (H634) James Bryan, Staff Attorney, (919) 245-2319 <br /> 5. Session Law 2015-246 (H44) <br /> 6. Session Law 2015-286 (H765) <br /> 7. Matrix Outlining State and County Riparian <br /> Buffer Requirements <br /> PURPOSE: To review how legislative changes made in 2015 have or will impact the County's <br /> Erosion Control/Stormwater programs and riparian buffer regulations as enforced by the <br /> Current Planning division. This abstract provides staff background and information on each <br /> individual item with requests for direction and/or identification on identified next steps. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> • Session Law (SL) 2015-149 (H634) - An act to clarify the definition of built-upon area <br /> (BUA) for purposes of stormwater programs. <br /> The basic change per this SL is, for the purposes of implementing stormwater programs, <br /> "built-upon area" does not include...a surface of number 57 stone, as designated by the <br /> American Society for Testing and Materials, laid at least four inches thick over a <br /> geotextile fabric; or a trail as defined in G.S. 113A-85 that is either unpaved or paved as <br /> long as the pavement is porous with a hydraulic conductivity greater than 0.001 <br /> centimeters per second (1.41 inches per hour)." <br /> S:1,2 Boards'BOCC 12015 Public Hearings'Nov QPH\Work Session Items\2015 Session Law Effects'Abstract-Session Law Effects 11232015-mdh+hwf edits.doc <br />