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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 23, 2015 <br />41 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. E.1 <br />SUBJECT: Impact of 2015 Legislative Updates on Orange County's Erosion <br />Control /Stormwater Programs, Riparian Buffer and Impervious (Built -Upon <br />Area) Regulations <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Memorandum on SL2015 -246 (H44) - <br />Stormwater Impacts <br />2. Memorandum on SL2015 -286 (H765) - <br />Stormwater Impacts <br />3. Memorandum on SL2015 -246 (H44) - <br />Riparian Buffer Impacts <br />4. Session Law 2015 -149 (H634) <br />5. Session Law 2015 -246 (H44) <br />6. Session Law 2015 -286 (H765) <br />7. Matrix Outlining State and County Riparian <br />Buffer Requirements <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Howard W. Fleming, Jr., PE, <br />Engineering /Stormwater Supervisor, <br />(919) 245 -2586 <br />Michael Harvey, Planner III, (919) 245 -2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br />(919) 245 -2592 <br />James Bryan, Staff Attorney, (919) 245 -2319 <br />PURPOSE: To review how legislative changes made in 2015 have or will impact the County's <br />Erosion Control /Stormwater programs and riparian buffer regulations as enforced by the <br />Current Planning division. This abstract provides staff background and information on each <br />individual item with requests for direction and /or identification on identified next steps. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Session Law (SL) 2015 -149 (H634) - An act to clarify the definition of built -upon area <br />(BUA) for purposes of stormwater programs. <br />The basic change per this SL is, for the purposes of implementing stormwater programs, <br />"built -upon area" does not include ... a surface of number 57 stone, as designated by the <br />American Society for Testing and Materials, laid at least four inches thick over a <br />geotextile fabric; or a trail as defined in G.S. 113A -85 that is either unpaved or paved as <br />long as the pavement is porous with a hydraulic conductivity greater than 0.001 <br />centimeters per second (1.41 inches per hour)." <br />S: \2_Boards \BOCC\2015 Public Hearings'Nov QPH\Work Session Items \2015 Session Law Effects \Abstract -Session Law Effects 11232015 - mdh +b-wf edits.doc <br />