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,f, <br /> I 19 <br /> ratio. A justification would be needed in order to use this procedure for <br /> modification. <br /> Planner Susan Smith stated that CAS A did not have adequate time to <br /> review this proOsed amendment or the other watershed amendment and asked for <br /> an extension of time for receipt of their comments. <br /> (e) Zoning Ordinance, Article 6 - APPLICATION OF DIMENSIONAL <br /> REQUIREMENTS - provision for easement over or ownership of land adjoining or <br /> not-adjoining parcels for development to satisfy impervious surface and <br /> undisturbed area requirements for property subject to Water Quality Critical <br /> Area 401(20 and Protected Watershed-II (PW-II) overlay zoning districts. <br /> Smith indicated this amendment specifically provides an opportunity <br /> to use land either adjoining or non-adjoining a piece of property to satisfy <br /> both undisturbedlarea and impervious surface requirements. The acreage must <br /> be within the water supply watershed and either owned by the applicant or <br /> " covered under an easement agreement. <br /> Don Cox made comments about satisfying watershed standards off-site: <br /> , <br /> (1) he felt the intent of the watershed standards, particularly as they relate <br /> to the imperviou6 surface, is something to be dealt with in small increments <br /> of runoff from *pervious surfaces for a particular site and not with a large <br /> area that cannot be managed, and (2) that providing the correct ratio by <br /> 1 <br /> adding land set aside somewhere else does not meet the intent of minimizing <br /> _,.. <br /> the amount of runoff where it exists. <br /> % Chair Willhoit pointed out that the infiltration of the first half <br /> inch would be the limiting factor and not the lot size. <br /> Marvin Collins indicated that if a person is unable to acquire an <br /> ' <br /> easement from a person who owns property adjacent to or does not own the <br /> land adjacent to the property, the Special Use Permit procedure gives a third <br /> k <br /> option. <br /> Susan nith listed the remaining Proposed Land Use Plan and <br /> Ordinance Text Amendments and commented briefly on each. They are listed <br /> below: <br /> (a) Land Use Plan - Orange County •Highway Classification System. The <br /> highway classification of roads has been updated to include 1984 traffic <br /> counts. <br /> (b) Zoning Ordinance. Article 4 - ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMITTED USE TABLE <br /> AN) SCHEDULE - provision of revised zoning district criteria for access. This <br /> restates the criteria for road access for each zoning district. <br /> (c) Zoning Ordinance, Article 22 - DEFINITIONS - Provision of revised <br /> 1 <br /> street definitions. <br /> ' (g) Subdivision Regulations, Section III-PRELIMINARY PLAN-Provision for <br /> the submittal of pwenty-seven (27) copies of the Preliminary Plan for Board, <br /> agency and staff review. <br /> (h) Subdivision Regulation Section III-D PRELIMINARY PLAN - provision of <br /> an eighty-five (8r day review period for preliminary plans by the Planning <br /> Board. <br /> Motion was made by Marshall, seconded by Commissioner Carey <br /> to continue the Public hearing on Articles 6 and 8 until December 2, 1985 to <br /> receive comments' from OWASA and to refer to the Planning Board for their <br /> recommendation the remaining proposed land use plan and ordinance text <br /> amendments. <br /> B2,... NEEN <br /> Chair Willhoit adjourned the meeting. The next regular meeting will be <br /> held on December 2, 1985 at 7:30 in the Orange County Courthouse, <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> Don Willhoit, Chair <br /> Beverly A. Blythe Clerk <br />