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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts <br /> Section 4.2: Watershed Protection <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-10 <br /> <br />Manager, upon approval of the Board of County Commissioners. No <br />such document shall be effective to release or terminate the <br />conservation agreement until it is filed for registration with the Register of <br />Deeds of Orange County. <br />(C) Through the installation of a stormwater feature, consistent with the minimum design <br />standards as detailed within the State BMP Manual. <br />(1) The proposed feature must be recognized by Orange County and the State as <br />allowing for an increase in impervious surface area through an infiltration <br />stormwater feature. <br />(2) Under no circumstances may impervious surface area be increased by more <br />than 3% of the total allowable area on the subject parcel through this process. <br />(3) The property owner shall provide a stormwater assessment, completed by a <br />licensed engineer, of the current property identifying its infiltration rates and <br />carrying capacity as well as a comprehensive soil assessment for the property. <br />(4) The development/design of the feature shall be in accordance with established <br />design criteria as embodied within the State stormwater manual and shall be <br />completed by a licensed engineer with expertieseexpertise10 in stormwater <br />management. Additional allowable impervious surface area shall be based on the <br />soil composition of the property consistent with State regulations. <br />(5) The property owner shall be responsible for the completion and submission of a <br />stormwater operation/maintenance and access agreement detailing the perpetual <br />maintenance, inspection, and upkeep of the approved BMP in accordance with <br />County and State regulations. <br />The Planning Director shall cause an analysis to be made of the agreement by <br />qualified representatives of the Couinty and other agencies or offficials as 9 <br />appropriate. Once approved, the document shall be recorded in the Orange <br />County Registrar of Deeds office. <br />The property owner assumes all financial and legal responsibility for the <br />perpetual maintenance and upkeep of the approved BMP. <br />(6) The property owner shall assume all costs associated with the preparation and <br />recordation of new plat(s)/development restrictions detailing the allowable <br />impervious surface limit(s) for the property after the BMP has been approved by <br />the County. <br />(7) The property owner, at its cost and expense, shall be required to execute and file <br />with the County a bond, or other form of acceptable security, to cover the cost of <br />removal of a BMP, and any additional impervious surface area installed as the <br />result of its approval, in the event the BMP is failed to be maintained in <br />accordance with the recorded operations agreement. The amount of the bond <br />shall be 110% of the estimated cost of removing the feature and impervious <br />surface area as certified by a licensed professional engineer or surveyor. <br /> <br />10 Staff is merely recommending the correction of an identified typo.  <br /> 36