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143 <br /> 1 <br /> PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> SECTION IV REQUIRED MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS <br /> ISSUE: By resolution of the Board of Commissioners on <br /> November 15, 1983, Orange County committed itself <br /> to full compliance with the State-Local Action <br /> Agenda for the Falls of the Neuse and Jordan Lake <br /> watersheds. To date the County has complied with <br /> all but two of the local actions: (1) control of <br /> the first 1/2' of stormwater runoff from all <br /> impervious areas for new developments and (2) 50- <br /> foot stream buffer along perennial streams. The <br /> proposed amendments would bring the County into <br /> full compliance with the Action Agenda. <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE: The ordinance does not currently contain <br /> provisions for design standards for purposes of <br /> water supply watershed protection. <br /> PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AMENDMENT: <br /> Amend Section IV 1EOUIRED MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS <br /> by adding Section IV-B-9 Watershed Protection Standards <br /> IV-B-9. WATERSHED _PROTECTION .ATANDARD5 <br /> In every subdivision, provision shall be made for the <br /> protection of water supply watersheds of regional <br /> importance. Lands which are within the boundaries of such <br /> watersheds shall be subdivided and developed only after <br /> proper provision is made for the preservation of vegetative <br /> buffers adjacent to streams draining to existing or proposed <br /> reservoir sites and the first one-half (1 1/2) inch of <br /> stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces is infiltrated <br /> into the <br /> soil. <br /> IV-B-9-a. Applicattility <br /> Water supply watersheds requiring special protective <br /> measures include all property located within the Neuse and <br /> Cape Fear River basins outside the zoned portions of water <br /> supply watersheds designated in the orange County Land use <br /> Plan. <br /> Iv-B-9-b. Stream Buffer Standards <br /> In all new subdivisions located within a water supply <br /> watershed of regional importance, the preliminary and/or <br /> • <br />