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42 <br />Please refer to Attachment 4 for a copy of the legislation. <br />2 <br />This only (at this time in our planning opinion) affects the stormwater calculations for <br />runoff retention which would require less storage. This BUA will likely not be widely <br />used. <br />• Session Law 2015 -246 (H44) - An act to reform various provisions of the law related to <br />local government including modifications to riparian buffer standards and changes to the <br />enforcement of voluntary State regulations (i.e. stormwater). <br />A copy of the legislation is contained in Attachment 5. <br />An analysis on the legislations impact on the County's stormwater program in contained <br />in Attachment 1 and Attachment 3 contains our assessment of its impacts on our riparian <br />buffer program. <br />This will greatly affect the existing stormwater program in the Jordan Lake watershed <br />where we implemented rules in advance of pending state regulations (which have been <br />delayed). <br />A primary consideration relates to what regulations should be implemented if current <br />ordinances are determined to be non - enforceable? <br />• Session Law 2015 -286 (H765) - An act to provide further regulatory relief to the citizens <br />of North Carolina by providing for various administrative reforms, by eliminating certain <br />unnecessary or outdated statutes and regulations and modernizing or simplifying <br />cumbersome or outdated regulations, and by making various other statutory changes. <br />A copy of the legislation is contained in Attachment 6. An analysis on the legislations <br />impact on the County's stormwater program in contained in Attachment 2. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Consideration will not create the need for additional funding for the <br />provision of County services; however... <br />Item A —If we decide to amend the LIDO, there would be staff time commitments and a <br />resulting public hearing. <br />1. Costs for the required legal advertisement will be paid from FY2015 -16 Departmental <br />funds budgeted for this purpose. <br />2. Existing Planning and stormwater staff, included in the Departmental staffing budget, will <br />accomplish the work required to process these amendments. <br />Item B — We will examine the legal ramifications of other actions <br />Item C - Staff will proceed with a Riparian buffer study with present cost unknown and <br />unfunded. Approximate cost could be $40,000 to $50,000. We will seek cost sharing and <br />collaboration where possible. <br />Service Impact: Current Planning, Engineering /Stormwater staff, and the County Attorney's <br />office would need to be involved with all of the scenario pathways. It should be noted, <br />however, that some impact to service might result, due to the extensive nature of these <br />regulations, if revised, and the fact they are reviewable by the State for compliance and <br />subject to additional revision until approved. <br />SA2_Boards\BOCC \2015 Public Hearings'Nov QPH \Work Session Items \2015 Session Law Effects \Abstract - Session Law Effects 11232015 - mdh +hwf edits_doc <br />