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NC Highway 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan The Study Area is also located within two watershed overlay zoning districts, specifically the Flat River and Little River Protected Watershed Overlay Districts. The purpose of the Watershed Overlay Districts is to: ... prevent significant future water quality deterioration in existing or potential future drinking water reservoirs which receive stormwater runoff from land within Orange County. Protection of all water supplies within the State was mandated by the Watersupply Watershed Protection Act passed by the General Assembly in 1989. The quality of water in drinking water reservoirs can be affected by human activities including farming, construction of highways and roads, subdivision development, industrial development, and other land - disturbing activities. The intent of the Protected Watershed Overlay Districts is to apply a set of regulations involving land use and, in some cases, structural best management practices that protect the watersheds by reducing the pollution from future development. To that end, the Watershed Overlay districts establish land use management practices that involve minimum lot size, density ratios, buffer requirements, erosion control, and impervious surface restrictions to protect water quality throughout the County. There are also two properties within the Study Area that are zoned Existing Commercial Five (EC -5). The purpose of the EC -5 District was to provide a district to be used only during the initial application of zoning in previously unzoned townships to accommodate existing commercial uses or in zoned townships to previously zoned commercial property that were not located in areas designated as Activity Nodes by the adopted LUEM. When the Little River Township was originally zoned in 1994, several existing commercial uses were zoned EC -5 to allow them to continue operation as conforming uses of property. Per Article 4 of the Zoning Ordinance, no additional property within the County can be rezoned to EC -5. C. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS Orange County adopted subdivision regulations for Little River Township on March 13, 1978 'to regulate the division of land. The Regulations provides for orderly growth, promote environmental quality, protect property values, coordinate the development of future street right - of -ways, provide for the development of a proper land records system, and promote developments that allow for proper emergency response. As a development tool, the most important feature of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations, herein referred to as the Subdivision Regulations, are the standards established for governing the development of infrastructure, specifically the construction and layout of roads and road right -of- ways. With few exceptions, all subdivisions within the County's jurisdiction are subject to review and approval by the staff, Planning Board, and the BOCC. IN