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( 7 ) " County Planning Department " or " Planning Department " means the Orange County Planning Department . ( 8 ) " Environmental Document " - an EA , EIS or FONSI , or all of them . ( 9 ) " Land Use Permit " means a zoning permit or subdivision approval . building permit , site plan , or special use permit . ( 10 ) The term " major development project " shall include but is not limited to shopping centers , Planned Developments and industrial and commercial projects , but shall not include any projects of less than two contiguous acres in extent . ( 11 ) " Public water supply " means a water supply system that serves a city or town located partly or entirely within Orange County that has a population in excess of 2 , 500 . ( 12 ) " Special - purpose Unit of Government " - includes any special district or public authority . ( 13 ) " State agency " - includes every department , agency , institution , public authority , board , commission , bureau , division , council , member of Council of State , or officer of the State government of the State of North Carolina . ( 14 ) " State Clearinghouse " - the clearinghouse agency established by the North Carolina Department of Administration under the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act . ( 15 ) " Watersupply Watershed " - Land draining to existing reservoirs which serve as public water supplies for the County , or to potential reservoir sites which have been designated for protection against treats to the water quality of future water supplies . ( 16 ) " Water Quality Critical Area " - Land draining directly to existing or future watersupply impoundments by overland flow and interflow , called shorelands , and draining into the main channels of trunk streams emptying into the impoundments , called non - basin drainage areas . SECTION 7 . EFFECTIVE DATE . This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon and after its adoption on September 4 , 1990 . - 9 -