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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 16, 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # VIE-B <br /> SUBJECT: WATERSHED PROTECTION STANDARDS AND <br /> ZONING OF L1ITLE RIVER AND CEDAR GROVE TOWNSHIPS <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Planning Staff 11/10/93 Memorandum Mary Willis - Extension 2583 <br /> OWASA 11/5/93 FAX <br /> Town of Carrboro 11/11/93 FAX PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> (Please refer to 8/23/93 Public Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Hearing agenda materials plus Durham 688-7331 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> 11/1/93 BOCC agenda material.) <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the Orange County Zoning Atlas, <br /> Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Regulations and Land Use Element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of extending zoning to Little River <br /> and Cedar Grove Townships and implementing State mandated watershed <br /> protection standards. <br /> BACKGROUND: On August 23, 1993 a public hearing was held to receive citizen <br /> comments on proposed amendments to the Orange County Zoning Atlas, <br /> Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Regulations and Land Use Element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of extending zoning to Little River <br /> and Cedar Grove Townships and implementing State mandated watershed <br /> protection standards. <br /> On October 18, 1993, the Planning Board considered the proposed <br /> amendments and recommended approval of the amendments presented at <br /> public hearing on August 23, 1993, with the following changes: <br /> 1. Adopt a new sliding scale for impervious surface ratios to apply to <br /> all existing and new lots in WS-II and WS-III watershed (except <br /> for new lots in UNIV-PW and UNIV-CA). The proposed scale <br /> would require a 12% impervious surface limit for one-acre lots, <br /> and 10.5% for two-acre lots, and 6.0% for lots five acres or more <br />