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i <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 21, 1991 <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # - M -& <br />SUBJECT: AMENDMENTS TO THE EROSION CONTROL ORDINANCE. <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />February 25, 1991 Public Hearing <br />Minutes. <br />March 18, 1991 Draft Planning <br />Board Minutes. <br />Proposed Amendments. <br />PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Warren Faircloth <br />Ext. 2586 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the Erosion <br />Control Ordinance. <br />This item was presented at public hearing on <br />February 25, 1991. <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Sedimentation Control <br />Commission allows local governments to enforce <br />their own erosion control programs under certain <br />conditions. One of the conditions is that the <br />local ordinance conform to the Commissions Model <br />Ordinance. The Model Ordinance was revised by the <br />Commission in 1990. <br />The majority of the proposed amendments are for <br />updating the County's Ordinance to conform with <br />the Model. Additional amendments are proposed by <br />staff and are noted as such in the commentary. <br />Amendments will also be made to the Chapel Hill <br />Erosion Control Ordinance which is administered <br />by the County staff. <br />There were no comments on the amendments at the <br />public hearing. The Planning Board approved the <br />amendments without comment. <br />The County Attorney recommends adoption of <br />alternative wording for Section 26. The suggested <br />wording and explanation is included in the second <br />paragraph of the commentary on page 11 of the <br />