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082 ' <br /> SECTION 1 . PURPOSE <br /> Pursuant to the North Carolina Environmental Policy <br /> Act the <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners adopts this ordinance <br /> establishing a County policy to encourage the wise and <br /> productive use of the county' s natural resources; <br /> to <br /> encourage a public and governmental awareness of our <br /> environment and of the consequences of development which <br /> affect it;: to require that a full disclosure be made as to <br /> ' the anticipated effect of proposed development on the <br /> resources of the county; and to permit and facilitate full <br /> enforcement of all ordinances and regulations concerning the <br /> environment in an efficient, coordinated and comprehensive <br /> manner. The intent of this ordinance is to provide a <br /> mechanism for full disclosure of anticipated impacts of <br /> developments as herein defined and to make such information <br /> publicly available so that citizens of the county may <br /> have <br /> input into developmental issues. More specifically, it is <br /> the intent of this ordinance to require the preparation and <br /> evaluation of environmental impact documents for projects <br /> ects <br /> that either require certain state permits, or require a local <br /> land use permit for development within environmentally <br /> sensitive areas, as provided in Section 2 of this ordinance. <br /> SECTION 2 . APPLICABILITY, MINIMUM CRITERIA <br /> . 1 Projects Requiring Environmental Assessment <br /> 2 a <br /> Environmental documents are required only for projects <br /> 2 <br />