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21 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 28, 1990 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # MZ <br /> SUBJECT: Z-1-90 University Lake Watershed (ULW) District <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: _XYes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Location Maps Planning Director - Extension 346 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive public comment on the proposed rezoning of <br /> approximately 15, 385 acres from Protected Watershed II <br /> (PW-II) and Water Quality Critical Area (WQCA) to a <br /> proposed new zoning district classification, the <br /> University Lake Watershed (ULW) District. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1988, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br /> commissioned a study to develop a range of options for <br /> protecting the University Lake watershed. The <br /> consulting firm of Camp, Dresser and McKee (CDM) , <br /> nationally recognized experts in watershed evaluation, <br /> completed the study in March, 1989 . <br /> Following the release of the Final Report, the <br /> governing boards of Orange County, Chapel Hill, and <br /> Carrboro adopted resolutions, requesting that the Joint <br /> Chatham-Orange Work Group review the study and provide <br /> recommended strategies for its implementation. <br /> In October, 1989, the Work Group completed a proposed <br /> 13-point agreement on University Lake watershed <br /> prptection. <br /> While a specific zoning designation was not recommended <br /> by the Work Group, it is the intent of the University <br /> Lake Watershed (ULW) District is to apply a set of <br /> development standards which would protect the watershed <br /> by preventing pollution generated by future development <br /> from reaching University Lake. It is the development <br /> standards which the Work Group addressed during its <br /> deliberations. The standards are to be considered as a <br /> separate agenda item - see proposed Zoning Ordinance <br />