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MONK <br /> P <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 1990 Action Agenda <br /> Item # -A <br /> SUBJECT: REPORT - IMPERVIOUS SURFACE STANDARDS FOR WATERSHED <br /> PROTECTION <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X_No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Report - Impervious Surface Marvin Collins - Extension 346 <br /> Standards for University <br /> Lake Watershed TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To provide a report outlining the applicability of <br /> recommended impervious surface standards for University <br /> Lake Watershed. <br /> BACKGROUND: In October, 1989, the Board of Commissioners adopted <br /> interim development standards for University Lake <br /> watershed. The standards were based generally on the <br /> recommendations contained in the Final Report- <br /> University Lake Watershed Study prepared by Camp, <br /> Dresser & McKee (CDM) for Orange Water & Sewer <br /> Authority. <br /> In November, 1989, a public hearing was conducted for <br /> the purpose of considering revisions to the interim <br /> development standards which would allow more <br /> flexibility to property owners. A specific concern <br /> raised at the hearing involved the applicability of the <br /> proposed four percent impervious surface ratio in <br /> conjunction with the five-acre minimum lot size. The <br /> same concern was voiced about the six percent ratio as <br /> applied to two-acre lots . <br /> The Planning Director will present his findings as <br /> related to the above mentioned concerns. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Receive as information. <br />