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:.,.. OPANM- ccs.,-grz <br /> w.- . FOAM OF CCNYUSSIONEFS Action Agenda 1:1 ,-- !.:5 <br /> "..!: ..- <br /> t„., - -- • <br /> ACT1C1 AGENDA I A/35TM= It Na. E-20 <br /> • <br /> '- flEMING DATE October 3, 1983 <br /> r'' I <br /> Subject: Carrboro Proposed Changesto the Sedimentation and Erosion Control Ordinance <br /> for University Lake Watershed. <br /> ;- rtepartment: _ pier-thing I Public Hearing: yes X p. i <br /> . . <br /> = -- <br /> Attarent{s) : inforwataxm Contact: Susan Smith <br /> '.i:. Watershed Map; Proposed Ordinance <br /> 1 <br /> .---- ------, Phone Number: 732-8181 EXT. 349 <br /> PURPOSE:To review and comment upon- the proposed revisions to the Orange County <br /> ,-, Sedimentation and Erosion Control Ordinance for application to University <br /> Lake watershed. <br /> If <br /> '11 <br /> mazih. University Lake is presently the primary water supply for the Carrboro-Chapel <br /> Hill area. I The majority of the lake and the eastern portion of the watershed <br /> :i lie ithin the Town of Carrboro's planning jurisdiction. The remainder lies <br /> within the County's jurisdiction. <br /> Carrboro initially became concerned with the possible degradation of water <br /> quality in University Lake in 1980 during consideration of a Residential <br /> Rezoning StUdy due to non-point sources of pollution. The Town appointed <br /> a Water QuOity Task Force in May, 1981, following the completion of the <br /> "r. Orange County Mater Resources Task Force Report in that same month fulminating <br /> two years of work by the County Task Force. The Carrboro Task Force was <br /> appointed tio,recommend measures to reduce non-point source pollution and to <br /> formulate specific regulations for development in the watershed which would <br /> ,?. supplant the imposed five acre minimum lot size In effect. in November, 1982 <br /> "i. the CarrborO Water Quality Task Force Report was completed, <br /> Following considerable public debate about the recommendations of the Report <br /> ii.. and revision of the provisions;the Carrboro Board of Aldermen held a public <br /> '2'... hearing on the matter and approved the Report on September T3, 1983 pending <br /> approval oflthe proposed revisions to the Orange County Sedimentation and <br /> Erosion Control Ordinance by the Board of Commissioners. <br /> 1-; I , <br /> INLPACT: The proposed watershed protection plan for University Lake includes the <br /> following modifications and addition to the adopted Orange County Sedimentation <br /> -' <br /> e and ErotionlContol Ordinance: <br /> ADDITION: . Sections 2.1 and 2.2 - Findings of Fact and Objectives <br /> H <br /> comment: The proposal specifies requirements applicable to one portion <br /> of the County as opposed to the county-wide application under <br /> , which the ordinance was adopted. The expansion of enforcement <br /> tl activities necessary to serve the area would place considerable <br /> pressure on County personnel. <br /> -.- <br /> ;"- ADDITION; Definitions - kk) Tract <br /> t7' Comment: Definition suggests enforcement would be substantially differen. <br /> from the county enforcement basis which is by tax lot. <br /> ---,, i <br /> ADDITION: Section 5.1 - Exclusions Within University Lake Watershed <br /> ('-'- <br /> Comment: Item 2-4 are explicit in the County legislation governing the <br /> program. <br /> Item 5, as written, requires a policy interpretation or <br /> ,(5 <br /> Ue a site-by-site determination of the provision's applicability. <br /> 1 <br /> '''; <br /> , <br /> ,.., <br /> I- _._ <br />