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25 <br /> Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br /> 400,tones F <br /> I OWASA Po. Box 66 erry Road <br /> Carrboro, NC 27510 <br /> (919) 968-4421 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Everett Billingsley <br /> FROM: Ed Holland <br /> DATE: November 5, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Cane Crock Watershed Protection, Proposed Actions by Orange County <br /> On August 23, 1993 the Board of Directors submitted comments to the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners regarding proposed changes to water supply watershed protection regulations. A <br /> copy of the Authority's position statement is attached. <br /> At either the November 16 meeting or during their first meeting in December, the Commissioners <br /> will consider County staff and Planning Board recommendations that appear to fall far short of the <br /> Authority's adopted position for the Cane Creek watershed. Outlined below is a brief summary <br /> of those differences. <br /> OWASA Position 1: Continue to prohibit all commercial or industrial land uses throughout <br /> the Cane Creek watershed. <br /> Orange County Response: Allow limited small-scale commercial (not industrial) uses "designed <br /> to provide basic services to residents of the immediate area, and located outside of the watershed <br /> critical area to minimize potential adverse impacts on water quality." <br /> OWASA Staff Comment: Additional County provisions would allow up to 70 percent <br /> impervious coverage on approximately 725 acres of nonresidential development (small scale <br /> commercial plus institutional uses, such as schools, churches, greenbox sites, etc.) in the <br /> watershed. Such high limits are not justified, given alternative provisions elsewhere in the <br /> ordinance for transferring unused impervious allowances from adjacent property. <br /> • The allowance of up to 70 percent impervious coverage on 5 percent of the Cane Creek <br /> PW area should be deleted front the County's proposal. <br /> • All development in the Cane Creek watershed should be subject to the same strict <br /> impervious limits regardless of the re.kh ntlal or nonresidential nature of the project. <br /> OWASA Position 2: Apply the same minimum lot and impervious surface limits to the <br /> entire Cane Creek watershed as proposed for the University Lake watershed, basically 3-acre <br /> minimum lots plus other strong protective measures. <br /> An Equal Opportunity Employer <br /> Gn 'a laht,QOaara .nu VN.r 'u 'c 'u .M 'ft ih'cr TXJ ca_c _nn}J <br />