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99 <br /> A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED ORANGE COUNTY WATERSHED <br /> PROTECTION ORDINANCE (93-9-27/R-2 ) <br /> WHEREAS , the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill recognizes the <br /> community value that the Cane Creek Reservoir represents to its <br /> citizens ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Council is committed to maintaining a high level of <br /> water quality in the Cane Creek watershed; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Orange Water and Sewer Authority will be conducting a <br /> technical study of the Cane Creek Reservoir. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council recommends the <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners consider: <br /> 1 . Apply the same minimum lot and impervious surface limits to <br /> the entire Cane Creek Reservoir watershed as proposed for <br /> University Lake watershed, basically 5-acre minimum lots plus <br /> other strong protective measures; and <br /> 2 . Continue to prohibit all commercial or industrial land uses <br /> throughout the Cane Creek watershed; and particularly to <br /> remove the option of allowing 5% non-residential development <br /> with up to 70% impervious surface area. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council supports these amendments <br /> as an appropriate conservative strategy, pending the results of a <br /> detailed technical study. <br /> This the 27th day of September, 1993 . <br />