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5 <br />might be encouraged. Portions of these "community foci" are located <br />north and west of the current boundaries of the Efland Activity <br />Node. No other plan amendments are required as part of the study. <br />ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br />The proposed-amendments to the Orange County Zoning Ordinance <br />are as follows: <br />1. Amend ARTICLE 4.3 PERMITTED USE TABLE by adding "Golf Driving <br />and Practice Ranges" as a use permitted in the Agricultural - <br />Residential (AR) and Rural Residential (R -1) zoning districts <br />following the approval and issuance of a Class B Special Use <br />Permit, and as a use by right in the Community Commercial (CC- <br />3), General Commercial (GC -4), and Industrial -1 (I-1) zoning <br />districts.. <br />2. Amend ARTICLE 8.8 REGULATIONS GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL <br />USES by adding a new Article 8.8.6 Golf Driving and Practice <br />Ranges which sets forth specific site plan and development <br />standards applicable to golf driving and practice ranges. <br />EROSION CONTROL ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br />The proposed amendments to the Orange County Sedimentation & <br />Erosion Control Ordinance will conform the ordinance with the N.C. <br />Sedimentation Control Commission's Model Ordinance. Specifically, <br />these amendments: <br />- Add definitions; <br />- Require increased protection for High Quality Waters; <br />-- Allow enforcement action against forestry activity; <br />- Allow consideration of an applicant's past performance in <br />granting erosion control plan approval; <br />- Increase the penalties for violations from $100 to $500 per <br />day; and <br />- Incorporate other administrative changes. <br />Amendments proposed by the Erosion Control Division include <br />the following: <br />- Addition of headings to the text, a table of contents, and <br />an index to improve readability; <br />-- Clarification of jurisdictional boundaries; <br />- Addition of a basic control objective to insure that site <br />designs are compatible with erosion control standards; <br />- Clarification of the imposition of conditions of approval to <br />erosion control plans; and <br />- Incorporate minor administrative changes. <br />Sections 3 -5, 7 -10, 15, 17 -19, 21 -22, and 26 of the Ordinance <br />will be affected by the proposed amendments. <br />PROPOSED HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ORDINANCE <br />