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0-� ENIC "' Nr:wly Proposed Watershed Protection ]Rules Problems & TJCOC's Rcconuliendalions i) RX150ng Developa-Vent - Dcfit%ition and t: 3randfalherla %g -JhA1FY Currently, the fide nfion existin dev 1 n C_ t is pi 4.7mpletud or under Constructioll ( With significant resources capended ) or projects platicd by 9/30/91. - 77,ifi definition will be used to c_ lA" watersheds; - Local governments are to brim exlstJng non -confoa tr,i� uses into evrr:pliallm u8 Practicable; and - All t%ew PSOyl.ty is to comply with the wsaterbhcd pro lectio1i ruh:5. The proposed definition of existing dcvcl0p1-r %C11t is C0117p1Ct4i1 ck.vcluPlt%crlt, platted development, an zoned devel m n pf the closing, dale pf U:c��u�►]ic li4((rirl ; ( �ternb ur ;10, 7997 - This defin1,6011 would be used to classify walcrsl�eds All 1 ratxifuthcr or uxemvt elo omcnt from �e �V��,r„�rvl%GCi prc�tccti0n re�ul�tionS. j'r•nblertfs 1. It is inappropriate to use existing zoning of vacant land either to classify watersheds.• or to exempt developrnernl from rules. 2, l�cfxrxirsg zoning as existing d loprrrwtt fir the E�u►Fr��ac:s of (lr(;iu r( <Icti mud s(:t u bur! le al precetierit for local ,s;ovornnie nts' future rc t�latnry actions. 3. The Seplattiber 301h datdline ix,y' timerul problems. Fint it would be dl f ficull, If not inlro Bible, for laud govoYnmenta io irnwittory completed develop"Fard, 171411ed projects, and zorrrei Lund by ScThunber 90th. Second, though local governments tratrst comply with t1W rules for all acth tu:i 1'esw i u ftm- September 30th, they will not know how their watershed is classified or what rul(,N arq Zy until July 1, 1992. finally, as written, the rules rrtay put local governincrite its a legal or political Lind: though the rules say a des elolrrrtcnt must comply with the watershed protection rules beginning Seplernber 301h, rusw legit L -4tion says local Soverninents have from July 1993 to Jarnua►y 1991 to adopt their- local ordinaricay opt the size 011he jurlsdiclion). Since local guuJrrrnents rnt4st altprove r proposed projMo that nneet curyertt 0r'din4?'Ce6; they could riot require dt ipdopm to curnplli with regulations »floe io adoption by that jurisdiction, Thy rul(b offer•a difficult w1wHon to this bind: If a local governtnenl apprgve'i u "non -G(ni forTnin 1.5e,•l t1 emus% offset the irtilrrtcts by irriplertieniing rrtorc stringent rcgtfirerneuls el+(ru)hcrc in the watershed. RE COMM l'lh DATIONi Revise the roles its follows: 0144(6) Existing development, as defiued for the purpose of these rules, means projects already Completed or in progress as demonstrated br signlfieant resources having beet% expended on the project, or projects with a recorded plat_gX_A ,1s,fssa�ylrlcl► _ 98ki- l�x1ght hini b� cn esl;eblished as of July7.r. Note._ Triangle J recommends el.tablishing a veslcd right deadline as early a5 legally possible to avc)id "a rush" of flan approvals which would not tnect the spirit of the law. 2) New Development - Corkipliance with Rules Mattel Varian(;t-tt The Current rules allow exemptions of rnai,lor non- canfortn1116 uses Prior to recIassification 11t order to achieve a higher classification; after classification, ncw• dcvelopl %tent 15 ""VirGd to L'vinply with the ruloQ beginning September 30, 1991, The proposed rules would allow exemptions for non- coltf0r-iriJn6 uses prior to anti lifter reclassification. JED FROM 9195499390 t 08.26.1991 11:03 P. 1