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21 <br />EXIS~'II~TG C®UI~T~'Y I~GUI~A.TI®1®TS - STI~AlVI ~UFFEI~S: <br />li~Iitigation/repair.. of stream buffers (perpendicular disturbance): <br />® Current regulations encourage perpendicular disturbance of a stream <br />buffer for roads and driveways, <br />® There are currently no standards to mitigate the disturbance of .the <br />stream buffer when these uses are installed, <br />® Many of the uses we allow now, with no mitigation, DWQ requires <br />mitigation under existing Neuse River Basin regulations. <br />A graphic example of this problem is as follows: <br /> <br />O O `Vater <br />O <br />0 ~ Required stream buffer area <br />O Body O <br />O ,.. <br />~~ O <br /> <br />o <br />0 ~~ ~ <br />0 o <br /> ~ ~a ~ rt ~~ <br />O Disturbed Area -current <br /> ~, (~ 0 regulations do not require <br /> ;; ~,_. <br />__~ <br /> <br />~•J <br /> <br />replanting of disturbed area, <br />-.~~=~:~. <br />4 <br />_ does not define.what is <br /> -: ` 'considered perpendicular, and <br /> i ~ ~ _ <br />t <br />' <br />O does not require developer to <br /> <br />0 , <br />~ ~ ~ <br />~ <br />0 follow any standards to avoid <br />O - <br />` <br />O unnecessary disturbance of the <br /> ' <br />_ stream buffer <br />O <br /> <br />O u , <br />_ <br />~ (~ <br />`~ J O <br />O ~ <br />-, <br />a , <br />` <br />' <br /> <br /> <br />0 <br />v: <br />~ <br />3 <br />s Developable area <br /> ~ .. <br />~~~ <br />~ ~, <br /> <br />0 , <br />. <br />7 1 y <br />y r es <br />i5 <br />~ <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />~~ ~~, <br />~, <br />> a <br />~ ~ <br />1~ O <br /> > <br />, r ,r~ <br />s <br />;' ~ `_ ~ ~ E <br />r ~s ` S ~ O O <br />~ Existing vegetation <br /> <br /> <br />00 <br />it l~ 1 <br />i~~~ t <br />`~1 J• O <br /> <br />00 <br /> ! ~ <br /> tJ <br />B-21 <br />