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O RANG E C O II N T Y <br /> 1 � 1 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 25 1991 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item C.4. <br /> SUBJECT: EROSION CONTROL ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING —x—Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Warren Faircloth <br /> Proposed Amendments Extension 2586 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to <br /> the Erosion Control Ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission <br /> allows local governments to enforce their own erosion <br /> control programs under certain conditions. One of the <br /> conditions is that the local ordinance conform to the <br /> Commissions Model Ordinance. The Model Ordinance was <br /> revised by the Commission in 1990, and the majority of <br /> the proposed amendments are for updating the County's <br /> Ordinance so that it conforms with the Model. <br /> Additional amendments are proposed by staff and are <br /> noted as such in the commentary. <br /> The amendments will also be made to the Chapel Hill <br /> Erosion Control Ordinance which is administered by the <br /> County staff. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Erosion Control staff recommends that the proposed <br /> amendments be approved and sent to the North Carolina <br /> Sedimentation Control Commission for their <br /> consideration and approval. <br />