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J <br /> 124 <br /> DRAFT 4 <br /> in the Courtroom in the Old County Courthouse in Hillsborough , N . C . to <br /> receive the Planning Board recommendation . <br /> VOTE : UNANIMOUS <br /> NOTE : ALL REMAINING ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER <br /> 1 .. ( b ) CP-4-93 Watershed Protection <br /> 2_ ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS <br /> ( a ) Z-5-93 Little River Township <br /> ( b ) A-6-93 Cedar Grove Township <br /> ( c ) Z-7-93 Watershed Overlay Districts <br /> 3 . ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> ( a ) Article 4 . 2 . 27 Watershed Protection Overlay Districts - <br /> Intent and application Criteria <br /> ( b ) Article 6 . 23 Extra Requirements for Watershed Protection <br /> Overlay Districts <br /> ( c ) Article 22 Definitions <br /> ( d ) Appendix Detention Pond Design standards <br /> 4 . SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> ( a ) Section IV-B-1 Lot Standards <br /> ( b ) Section IV-B-5 Lot Layout <br /> ( c ) Section IV-B-8 Landscape and Buffer Requirements <br /> ( d ) Section IV-B-9 Watershed Protection Standards ( delete ) <br /> ( e ) Section IV-B-10 Cluster Developments <br /> ( f ) Section V-C Specifications for Plat Drawings <br /> ( Prelim. Plan ) <br /> ( g ) Section V-D Specifications for Plat Drawings <br /> ( Final Plat ) <br /> Mary Willis presented proposed amendments to the Orange County <br /> Zoning Atlas , Zoning Ordinance , Subdivision Regulations and Land Use <br /> Element of the Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of extending zoning to <br /> Little River and Cedar Grove Townships and implementing State mandated <br /> watershed protection standards . On June 23 , 1989 , the North Carolina <br /> General Assembly passed the Water Supply Watershed . Protection Act . The <br /> purpose of the Act , as stated in its opening paragraph, is " . . . to protect <br /> and enhance the quality of the State ' s surface water supplies by <br /> establishing a cooperative program of water supply protection to be <br /> administered by local governments consistent with statewide management <br /> requirements established by the Environmental Management Commission ( EMC ) . " <br /> The EMC , with the NC Division of Environmental Management ( DEM ) , as its <br /> staff is the State ' s appointed board on environmental and resource <br /> protection. Its charge was to : <br /> -Develop and adopt watershed protection minimum rules , classifications <br /> and standards ; and <br /> -Classify each water supply watershed across the State into categories <br /> consistent with these rules . <br /> The EMC created five watershed classifications for freshwater <br />