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C <br />SECTION 2. APPLICABILITY <br />2.1 Exemptions <br />The following projects are exempt from the provisions of this <br />ordinance, and no Environmental Documentation is required: <br />2.1.1 Any project involving a total area of 2 acres or less. <br />2.1.2 Routine repairs and housekeeping projects. <br />2.1.3 Routine grounds maintenance and landscaping. <br />2.1.4 Bonafide farming operations, not including sludge <br />disposal. <br />2.1.5 Single - family residential development, except for <br />Planned Developments <br />2.1.6 Any project located outside of the Orange <br />County Planning Jurisdiction, including Transition <br />Areas subject to development regulations of an Town <br />within Orange-County. <br />2.2 Environmental Assessment <br />The Environmental Assessment (EA) shall consist of a document <br />supplied by the Planning Department to address issues of <br />environmental concern to the County, and completed by the <br />applicant. Environmental Assessment is required for non- <br />exempt projects that: <br />2.2.1 *se• eftepeete am' tro - gener-a4& ar m mer-e tA-an "D pounds <br />of a 55- gallee drum) per month of hazardous <br />wastes, a$ defied In the--Gods e€ F44e-i:&1 , <br />paw R-64y Subp&r4 I3; endlor- <br />Oualify as a small or large generator -of hazardous <br />waste as defined by the North Carolina De artment of <br />Human Resources Hazardous Waste Branch of Solid <br />Waste M_a_nagement Section]; ;and or <br />2.2.2 Involves as an integral part of the operation of a <br />commercial or industrial activity more than 10,000 <br />gallons per day of water usage, exclusive of domestic <br />water (25 gpd per employee), and water used for <br />climate control (air conditioning and heating); and /or <br />2.2.3 Require grading in excess of 40,000 square feet, <br />exclusive of roads, for non - residential or attached <br />residential development; and /or <br />2.2.4 Require grading in excess of 40,000 square feet, <br />exclusive of roads, for non - residential components of <br />residential development (golf courses, recreation <br />facilities, and the like); and /or <br />-2- <br />