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Article 6: Development Standards <br />Section 6.13: Stream Buffers <br />(2) An additional 15 feet shall be added to the 50 -foot buffer (65 feet total) where the <br />slope value is less than 7.5 %, as measured 250 feet from the edge of the <br />floodplain or stream bank. <br />(3) For slope values 7.5% and greater, as measured 250 feet from the edge of the <br />floodplain or stream bank, an additional 30 feet shall be added to the 50 -foot <br />buffer (80 feet total). <br />(4) These calculations shall be made for both sides of either the stream bank or <br />floodplain, whichever is greater. <br />(D) Method B - Stream Buffer Based on Slope and Groundcover <br />6.13.4 Minimum Buffer Widths for Watershed Protection Overlay Districts <br />(A) University Lake Critical Area (UNIV -CA) <br />(1) The buffer width adjacent to streams shall be calculated for both Method A and <br />Method B, and at any given point along the stream, the width of the buffer shall <br />be the larger of the two. <br />(2) The same method shall be used to calculate the buffer around the reservoir itself. <br />New structures shall be located at least 150' from the reservoir or outside of the <br />stream buffer, whichever is greater. <br />(B) University Lake Protected Watershed (UNIV -PW) <br />(1) The buffer width shall be calculated for both Method A and Method B, and at any <br />given point along the stream, the width of the buffer shall be the larger of the two. <br />(C) Cane Creek Critical Area (CANE -CA) & Upper Eno Critical Area (U- ENO -CA) <br />(1) The buffer width adjacent to streams shall be the width calculated using Method <br />A. <br />(2) Method A shall also be used to calculate the buffer around the reservoir itself. <br />New structures shall be located at least 150' from the reservoir or outside of the <br />stream buffer, whichever is greater. <br />(D) Upper Eno Protected (U- ENO -PW), Lower Eno Protected (L- ENO -PW) & Back Creek <br />Protected (BACK -PW) <br />(1) The buffer width shall be as calculated using Method A, or 150', whichever is <br />less, except where density exceeds 1 du /ac and impervious surface exceeds <br />12 %. <br />(2) Where density exceeds 1 du /ac and impervious surface exceeds 12 %, the buffer <br />width shall be calculated as above, but shall not be less than 100'. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -97 <br />