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.7Y-01.;4 '••■• ! , 080 ADDENDUM 3 4 . 2 . 26 RESERVED *4 . 2 . 27 Protected Watershed II (PW-II District a) Intent It is the intent of Orange County to regulate the uses of land and structures in watersheds which drain to reservoirs supplying drinking: water7to*--the people of Orange County . The quality of water in these water supply watersheds can be affected by the activities of man including farming , construc- tion of hignways and rural subdivisions and the &Amended 7/6/92 growth of towns and industrial development . Types of water pollutants resulting from these activities include sediment , bacterial contamination, heavy metals , synthetic organic compounds and low-level radioactivity. A Task force appointed by the County Commissioners has studied the problems of water pollution . They have documented their findings jn a report entitled Report of the Orange County Water Resources Task Force and dated May, 1981 . That statement of problems and needs is included by refer- ence . The intent of the Protected Watershed II (PW-II) district is to apply a set of regulations for watershed protection to portions of water-supply watersheds in the Countr which are presently mostly undeveloped and where* it is desireahl to maintain the rural undeveloped character of the watershed in the future . • b) Application Criteria The Protected Watershed II (PW-II) district is established as a district which overlays other zoning districts established in this ordinance. The new use of any land or any new structure with- in the Protected Watershed II ( PW-II) district shall comply with use regulations applicabLe to the underlying zoning district as well as the require- ments of the PW-II district . 1 . This district will be applied to the University Lake and Cane Creek watersheds designated in the Land Use Plan .