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Approved 8/1/18 SUMMARY NOTES ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD JUNE 6 , 2018 ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE NOTE: A QUORUM IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS . MEMBERS PRESENT : Randy Marshall (Vice-Chair), Bingham Township Representative; Kim Piracci, At-Large; Randy Marshall, At-Large; David Blankfard, Hillsborough Township Representative; Alexander Gregory, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Adam Beeman, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Carrie Fletcher, Bingham Township Representative; Lydia Wegman (Chair), At-Large Chapel Hill Township Representative; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; MEMBERS ABSENT : Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Hunter Spitzer, At-Large; STAFF PRESENT : Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Meredith Kern, Administrative Assistant II AGENDA ITEM 1:Call to Order and Roll Call The meeting began immediately after the Planning Board meeting was adjourned. AGENDA ITEM 2:UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS – IMPERVIOUS SURFACE STANDARDS - To review proposed amendments to the UDO that clarify existing regulations related to the enforcement of impervious surface standards on subdivisions platted and developed before January 1,1994, and modify existing standards governing the transfer of impervious surface area between parcels located within the same watershed protection overlay district. PRESENTER : Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor Michael Harvey reviewed that while county-wide impervious surface standards were established in 1994, such standards had existed for University Lake since the 1970s. He noted that county regulations are, in many cases, more stringent than state standards. The county has spent $80,000 and a 12-week intensive period with 20-hour weekends conducting inspections of streams in the county to prepare to go before the state to argue that the state should not prevent counties from regulating stream buffers to higher standards than the state’s. Orange County was one of four counties that did so. Michael Harvey said Orange County requires subdivision property owners to count the roads as part of the property’s impervious surface. For example, for a 100-acre tract of land allowed to have 500,000 square feet of impervious surface, if there is 200,000 square feet of road, then there is 300,000 square feet left that can be impervious surface. That is done to avoid one lot in that subdivided tract of land being overburdened with impervious surface area that is meant to serve the communities. Before 1994, that wasn’t the case. The policy was enacted in 1999 with some suggestions of following the policy between 1994 and 1999. Michael Harvey continued to explain that there are subdivision projects that in some cases have corner lots where the total impervious surface counts on that property. Over time, if the roadway is expanded, the total impervious surface allowed on the lot shrinks. Also, the overlay districts