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Amendments to the Orange County i Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance Notes: The underlined text will be added to the Ordinances and the crossed-through text deleted. Most of these amendments are required by the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission for the Ordinances to comply with the State's Model Ordinance. Other amendments not required by the State are noted in the commentary as being proposed by the staff. All Sections of the Ordinance The subheadings underlined and in this font shown in the following amendments will be added and others, not shown in this document, will be added throughout the Ordinances to improve readability. Every example of these headings is not included in these amendments because they do not change the Ordinance. Section 3 Definitions Completion of Construction or Development:means that no further land-disturbing activity,+,is required on a phase of a proiect except that which is necessary for establishing a permaneLt ground cover. COMAff TARY.- This definition will be added to the Ordinance. Department: means the North Carolina Department of Environment. Health, and Natural Resources. COMMENTARY. TIZe name of this State agency has been changed. Discharge Point: means that point or points_at which runoff leaves a tract of land. COJOWMARY.• This definition will be added to the Ordinance. High Quality Waters: means those classified_as such_in IM NCAC 2B.0101(e)(5) General Procedures, which is incomorated herein by reference_ to include further_ amendments pursuant to G.S. 150B-14(c). Explanatory Note: The complete official definition of High Quality Waters is contained in 15A NCAC 2B.0101(e) (5) - General Procedures. In general. High Quality Waters are defined by the Division of Environmental Management as those waters which are: those rated as excellent based on biological and physical/chemical characteristics: native trout waters: primary or functional nurserLareas, critical habitat areas: all water sunnly watersheds which are either classified as WS-I or WS-11 or those for which a formal petition for reclassification as WS-I or WS-II has been received by the Division of Environmental Management: and all Class SA (shellfish) waters. COMMENTARY.- This definition along with the note will be added to the Ordinance. High Oualily Water (HOW) zones: means areas in the Coastal Counties that are within 575 feet of High Quality Waters. and for the remainder of the state areas that are within one mile and drain to HQW's. COMMENTARY.• High Quality Waters in Orange County are University Lake (WS-I) and Cane Creek(W5- I) watersheds and the North and South Forks of the Little River (proposed WS-I) because of their water supply watershed classifications. Seven Mile Creek would become an HQW if the requested change to its classification is approved by the State. Local Government:means any county, incorporated village, town or city, or any combination of counties, 1 1-15-91