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134 <br /> and subsequent run-off from lands which have been disturbed by man's activities and includes <br /> all sources of water pollution which are not required to have a state or local or state permit for <br /> discharge into a stream. <br /> Non-Residential Development Development of any land use which is not residential in nature, <br /> including uses (such as churches) which are allowed in residential zoning districts. <br /> State Mandate The minimum Rules adopted by the Environmental Management Commission <br /> for application to North Carolina's watersupply watersheds, as required by the Water Supply <br /> Watershed Protection Act. The purpose of the Act, as stated in its opening paragraph, is "... <br /> to protect and enhance the quality of the State's surface water supplies by establishing a <br /> cooperative program of watersupply protection to be administered by local governments <br /> consistent with statewide management requirements established by the Environmental <br /> Management Commission (EMC)." <br /> Stream Buffer A stream buffer is an area of land adjacent to perennial and intermittent <br /> streams which, except as permitted in Article of this Ordinance, must remain <br /> undisturbed in its natural state. Perennial streams are shown as solid blue lines and intermittent <br /> streams as broken blue lines on the USGS Quadrangle maps. <br /> Water-Dependent Structure <br /> Any structure for which the use requires access to or proximity to or citing within surface waters <br /> to fulfill its basic purpose, such as boat ramps, boat houses, docks and bulkheads. Ancillary <br /> facilities such as restaurants, outlets for boat supplies, parking lots and commercial boat storage <br /> areas are not water-dependent structures. <br /> Watersupply Watershed (or Protected Watershed) Land that drains to existing reservoirs <br /> which are public water supplies or potential reservoir sites or stream intakes which have been <br /> designated for protection. All such lands have been classified by the Environmental <br /> Management Commission as WS-II, WS-III or WS-IV watersheds and require protection in <br /> accordance with the State Mandate. <br />