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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 6, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-m <br /> SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Amendment <br /> Outline and Schedule — Erosion Control & Stormwater <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Comprehensive Plan and Unified Howard W. Fleming, Jr., PE, <br /> Development Ordinance (UDO) Engineering/Stormwater Supervisor, <br /> Amendment Outline Form (919) 245-2586 <br /> Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br /> (919) 245-2575 <br /> John Roberts, County Attorney, <br /> (919) 245-2326 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider and approve process components and schedule for an upcoming <br /> government-initiated Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) amendment for the February 2017 <br /> Quarterly Public Hearing that addresses necessary revisions to procedures and technical <br /> provisions in the UDO pertaining to erosion & sedimentation control and stormwater regulations. <br /> BACKGROUND: These proposed text amendments to Orange County's UDO seek to bring the <br /> County's processes and terminology into alignment with regulatory reform initiatives currently in <br /> process at the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), as well as historical <br /> standard operating procedures of both DEQ and the Planning & Inspections Department. <br /> Coincident with this goal, Orange County's Engineering/Stormwater Division seeks to refine the <br /> processes associated with the implementation phase of the Land Management Central <br /> Permitting Software (LMCPS), define more simplified procedures, incorporate more concise <br /> text, eliminate duplication, correct inaccuracies and correct former misplacements of <br /> requirements. <br /> Orange County's UDO currently regulates erosion & sedimentation control for non-farm land <br /> disturbing activity, as well as stormwater runoff from new development, under the general <br /> oversight of DEQ. The DEQ's Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR) staff <br /> members provide Orange County Engineering / Stormwater Division with regulatory oversight <br /> and technical assistance related to erosion and sedimentation control and stormwater <br /> management. For these areas of environmental regulation, the DEMLR staff are subordinate to <br /> the Sedimentation Control Commission (SCC) and the Environmental Management Commission <br /> (EMC). <br /> The Sedimentation Control Commission (SCC) was created to administer the state's <br /> Sedimentation Control Program pursuant to the N.C. Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of <br /> 1973. The commission is charged with adopting rules, setting standards and providing <br />