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BOARD OF ALDERMEN ITEM NO. AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT MEETING DATE: November 16, 1993 SUBJECT: REPORT ON ORANGE COUNTY'S PROPOSED WATERSHED PROTEC- TION STANDARDS AFFEC'T'ING CANE CREEK DEPARTMENT:PLANNING PLANNING DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEARING: YES NO ATTACHMENTS: FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Regulation and OWASA Comment .Roy M. Williford, 968-7713 Summary 2. November 11, 1993 Letter to Moses Carey from Mayor Kinnaird 3. OWASA Comments 4. Chapel Hill Adopted September 27, 1993 , Resolution 5. • Orange County Comments and Proposed Ordinance 6. Proposed Resolution for Ado'ti❑n Mammon THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED: ( )Purpose ( )Action Requested ( x)Analysis (x)Summary ( x) Recommendation SUMMARY On August 23,1993 Orange County held a public hearing to consider amendments to their Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations for the purpose of implementing State-mandated watershed protection standards due January 01,1994. The Orange County Planning Board made recommendation to the Orange County Board of Commissioners on November 01,1993. The Board of Commissioners delayed action on these amendments until November 16, 1993. On November 09,1993,the Carrboro Board of Aldermen discussed relevant comments submitted by OWASA to Orange County. As a result of their discussion,they directed that a letter be sent from the Town to the Orange County Board of Commissioners requesting that they delay their discussion to give Carrboro an opportunity to complete its review and to make comment(letter attached). The Aldermen also directed the staff to present a report on the County's proposed watershed protection ordinance revisions. ANALYSTS: The attached"Summary of Proposed Cane Creek Watershed Amendments and OWASA Comments" was prepared to assist in reviewing the proposed Orange County regulations and to show relevant ordinance changes addressed by OWASA. The OWASA comments made on August 23,1993 are embodied within the following three recommendations: 1. Continue to prohibit all commercial or industrial land uses throughout the Cane Creek Watershed. 2. Apply the same minimum lot impervious surface limits to the entire Cane Creek Reservoir Watershed as proposed for the University Lake Watershed,basically 5-acre minimum lot plus other strong protective measures. -- 3. Allow the provision of water and wastewater service only through individual on-site wells and disposal systems; no municipal or community level wastewater disposal. On November 11,1993 the OWASA Board adopted an additional resolution authorizing a technical study of the Cane Creek Watershed on which to base permanent regulations and requested Orange County to adopt strong interim regulations. These interim regulations should require either(a)a minimum 5-acre lot size,with imperviousness determined by the proposed sliding scale,or(b) a uniform impervious surface limit of 6%,regardless of lot size.