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J• <br />-! Y <br />I <br />Watershed Classification Criteria- <br />Name of watershed: Quaker Lake (Back Creek) <br />?. Name and add:css of Jurisdiction: <br />County of Alamance <br />124 W. elm Street <br />.fir n'7 -fkI <br />3. Contact person and phone number: <br />i Richard L. Honevcutt 919 -225 -1212 <br />'A. Total acrcaCe of the watershed in your jurisdiction (EiJ incivaed;: ; 24,577 j <br />�. Total acreage of the watershed in the Critical Arta that is residential: 746 I <br />li 6. Total acreaee of the watershed outside of the Critical Area t ^at is residential: I 1,920 j <br />7. TO tai acreaze of the watershed in the Critical Area that is non residential: 7e <br />S. Total acreage of the watershed outside of the Critical Area that is non- residen : ::'' :: , ce <br />9. Does vour jur:sdiction currently have Stormwater Con =Oi L7ev1CCS to use witntn <br />., residential waterShec 2reaS? No <br />.C. Does vour jurisdiction currently have Stormwater Conzol Devices in use wtth;n <br />lnon - residential watershed areas? No <br />i 11. ExistinY residential density in the Critical Area: I '1DV /2Ac <br />2. Local government intent for future residential development in the Catical Area: I 1DV /2 C <br />i3. xisting residential density outside of the Critical Area: V 1ou /'Ac <br />lY. Local government intent for future residential deveiopmen; outside of <br />I <br />1DU /:+C <br />the Critical. Area: <br />1� Local Government inteh; for furore non - residential development in the <br />ve =y <br />� <br />I- imitec <br />I Critical Area: <br />1 16. Local government intent for future non - residential development outside of the <br />Limited <br />� C ^ticai P.rez• <br />17. —Iota! ace cage of fa- =::and within vour portion of the watershed: <br />" ,175 <br />18. Percentage of the total watershed located within a state part: or national parklforest: <br />I 0 <br />19. 1n your opinion, what watershed classification would the watershed auaiij=y far <br />under the adopted Rule? <br />i WS =I` <br />2C. What classification would your local government prefer for the watershed? Explain. <br />WS '_II <br />Based on the existing acreage per dwelling unit of 26 acres per DU, the <br />County would submit that 1 dwelling unit per acre should be adequate to <br />protect this reservoir. For instance, 24,577 acres is 6.87% of the total <br />County. Allocating 8.87% of the projected county growth over the next <br />twenty years, only 110 housing units would be constructed in this area <br />resulting in a density of 14.7 acres per dwelling unit. <br />iah; <br />- v- <br />