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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT N ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance REFERENCE: Section 4.2.27 PW -II District Section 4.2.28 WQCA District ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT:� Staff Planning Board BOCC Public Other: STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: _"High Middle Low Comment: PUBLIC_ HEARING ` DATE_- -December _11,w1990-_y_ -_-_ PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To correct a technical discrepancy between the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Atlas, and provide consistency in wording. IMPACTS /ISSUES: Section 4.2.27 of the Zoning Ordinance describes the intent of the PW- II Protected Watershed Zoning Overlay, and identifies the areas to which the overlay may be applied. The application criteria specifically refers to the zoned portions of the University Lake, Cane Creek and Upper Eno Watersheds. At the time that the PW -II district was first adopted, these were the only water supply watersheds designated on the Comprehensive Plan. In late 1988, the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan was amended to designate Back Creek, Flat Creek, and Little River Watersheds as Water supply Watersheds. Although the water impoundments to which the streams flow is not located in Orange County, is it likely that the water contained within those impoundments may be used by residents of Orange County in the future. The Zoning Atlas was also amended in late 1988 to apply the PW -II Zoning Overlay to the portions of those watersheds within Cheeks, Hillsborough and Eno Townships. Article 4.2.27 of the Zoning Ordinance should have been amended at that time to reflect the expansion of area designated as water supply watershed. Article 4.2.28 describes the intent and application criteria for the WQCA Water Quality Critical Area overlay. The proposed amendment to this section is for clarification only.