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Article 6: Development Standards Section 6.21: Flood Regulations Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-146 same side of the road itself or the opposite side, such that no private easement would be required to allow the property owner to connect and within 500 feet of the structure to be connected; (3) The structure or property to be connected is within the Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement Primary Service Area for Orange County; (4) The North Carolina Department of Transportation is willing to grant an encroachment into public road right-of-way for the purpose of connecting to the public sewer system, if necessary. (B) If the structure or property is situated below the elevation necessary to obtain a one- percent grade in the sewer connection line, but is otherwise accessible to a public sewer as provided in (A) above, the owner shall provide a private sewage pumping station. Design and installation of the pumping station shall adhere to all State and local plumbing and other building codes, in addition to adhering to all the connection requirements and standard specifications of the governing sewer use ordinance. (C) If an existing septic facility is determined by the Orange County Environmental Health Department to have failed (or be inadequate for the current or proposed use) and the property is accessible to a public sewer system as provided in (A), the owner shall be required to connect to the public sewer system unless a viable repair area can be identified on the property. If a viable repair area is identified on the property, the owner shall not be required to connect to the public sewer system, but may choose to connect if so desired. (D) There shall be no such connection requirement for any structure or property if an adequate septic facility is currently in use and in good working order. SECTION 6.21: FLOOD REGULATIONS26 6.21.1 Intent The intent of this overlay districtthese regulations is to promote public health, safety, and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions within flood prone areas by provisions designed to: (A) Restrict or prohibit uses, which are dangerous to health, safety, and property due to water or erosion hazards, or which result in damaging increases in erosion, flood heights or velocities; (B) Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities, which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction; (C) Control the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers, which are involved in the accommodation of flood waters; (D) Control filling, grading, dredging, and all other development, which may increase erosion or flood damage; and (E) Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers, which will unnaturally divert floodwaters or which may increase flood hazards to other lands. 6.21.2 Objectives The objectives of this overlay district are to: 26 This new section combines existing regulations from Section(s) 4.3 and 6.6.1. Existing text is shown in underlined red text to denote the move. Changes to this existing text shall be denoted in underlined or strikethrough blue text. Formatte Formatte 67