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1. Eliminate existing conflicts. 1 <br />2. Require professionally prepared site plans for projects exceeding established 2 <br />stormwater land disturbance thresholds. 3 <br />3. Incorporate appropriate references to these land disturbance thresholds. 4 <br />4. Add language requiring stormwater management plans for minor and major 5 <br />subdivisions. 6 <br />WHAT THIS PROPOSAL DOES: 7 <br />• Changes to Section 2.4.1: 8 <br />– UDO requires a ‘professionally prepared site plan’ in the University Lake 9 <br />Watershed Overlay Districts. 10 <br />– As proposed all watersheds with a 6% impervious surface limit have same 11 <br />standard (i.e. Upper Eno Critical, Cane Creek Protected and Critical, Little River 12 <br />Protected). 13 <br />– If approved, projects in these watershed overlay districts will require professional 14 <br />site plan 15 <br />SITE PLAN VERSUS PLOT PLAN: 16 <br />What is the difference between a professionally prepared site plan and a plot plan? 17 <br />Site Plan 18 <br />• Completed by a surveyor (i.e. professional) 19 <br />• Based on actual legal description of property (plat, deed, etc.) 20 <br />• More detailed information provided (i.e. structure location, impervious surface, etc.) 21 <br />Plot Plan 22 <br />• Scaled drawing done by property owner/contractor 23 <br />• Typically based on Orange County GIS Map data 24 <br />• Relies on applicant/contractor to provide detail on proposal 25 <br />IMPACTS: 26 <br />Pros 27 <br />• More accurate depiction of property including environmental features (i.e. streams for 28 <br />stream buffers). 29 <br />• More accurate drawing of property and proposed development. 30 <br />Cons 31 <br />34