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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Distriqs? <br /> Section 4.2: Watershed Protection <br /> (e) Orange County approval of a release or termination of the <br /> conservation agreement shall be declared on the document releasing <br /> or terminating the agreement. The document shall be signed by the <br /> Orange County Manager, upon approval of the Board of County <br /> Commissioners. No such document shall be effective to release or <br /> terminate the conservation agreement until it is filed for registration <br /> with the Register of Deeds of Orange County. <br /> (C) Through the installation of a stormwater feature, consistent with the minimum design <br /> standards as detailed within the State BMP Manual. <br /> (1) The proposed feature must be recognized by Orange County and the State as <br /> allowing for an increase in impervious surface area through an infiltration <br /> stormwater feature. <br /> (2) Under no circumstances may impervious surface area be increased by more <br /> than 3% of the total allowable area on the subject parcel through this process. <br /> (3) The property owner shall provide a stormwater assessment, completed by a <br /> licensed engineer, of the current property identifying its infiltration rates and <br /> carrying capacity as well as a comprehensive soil assessment for the property. <br /> (4) The development/design of the feature shall be in accordance with established <br /> design criteria as embodied within the State stormwater manual and shall be <br /> completed by a licensed engineer with exp expertisel4 in stormwater <br /> management. Additional allowable impervious surface area shall be based on the <br /> soil composition of the property consistent with State regulations. <br /> (5) The property owner shall be responsible for the completion and submission of a <br /> stormwater operation/maintenance and access agreement detailing the perpetual <br /> maintenance, inspection, and upkeep of the approved BMP in accordance with <br /> County and State regulations. <br /> The Planning Director shall cause an analysis to be made of the agreement by <br /> qualified representatives of the CointyCountv10 and other agencies or <br /> offficialc,officials10 as appropriate. Once approved, the document shall be <br /> recorded in the Orange County Registrar of Deeds office. <br /> The property owner assumes all financial and legal responsibility for the <br /> perpetual maintenance and upkeep of the approved BMP. <br /> (6) The property owner shall assume all costs associated with the preparation and <br /> recordation of new plat(s)/development restrictions detailing the allowable <br /> impervious surface limit(s) for the property after the BMP has been approved by <br /> the County. <br /> (7) The property owner, at its cost and expense, shall be required to execute and file <br /> with the County a bond, or other form of acceptable security, to cover the cost of <br /> removal of a BMP, and any additional impervious surface area installed as the <br /> result of its approval, in the event the BMP is failed to be maintained in <br /> accordance with the recorded operations agreement. The amount of the bond <br /> shall be 110% of the estimated cost of removing the feature and impervious <br /> surface area as certified by a licensed professional engineer or surveyor. <br /> 14 Correction of typo. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-10 <br />