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Article 5: Uses Section 5.13: Standards for Agricultural Uses Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-142 (k) The Operations Plan and the Rehabilitation Plan shall be coordinated so that the amount of disturbed land is kept to the absolute minimum consonant with good practices and so that rehabilitation proceeds in concert with extraction. (l) No land disturbance shall take place within 250 feet of the zoning lot line or the property line where the zoning line and the property line are one and the same. Within the 250 foot setback area, existing vegetation shall be retained for the purpose of providing a visual screen and noise buffer. No disturbance or removal of vegetation shall be permitted except for access roads leading from the excavation area to public roads. Where vegetation within the 250 foot setback does not exist, the applicant shall be required to provide a dense, evergreen buffer consistent with the purpose cited above. The buffer shall be in place prior to the initiation of any excavation activities. (m) The applicant shall submit operational reports, prepared on an annual basis, detailing the amounts of materials extracted, extent of extractive area, depth of extractive area, and results of groundwater test borings. (n) Annual inspections of the operation shall be conducted by the Planning Director following submittal of the annual operations reports to determine compliance with the provisions of the Special Use Permit. (o) In cases of abandonment or termination of operations for a period of 12 consecutive months, application for a new Special Use Permit is required. (p) The Board of County Commissioners shall require for all extractive uses a performance guarantee to insure that the provisions of the Rehabilitation Plan are met. Such performance guarantee shall be in a form approved by the County Attorney. The amount of such guarantee shall cover the cost of rehabilitation on a per acre basis, if the cost does not exceed the amount posted with the State. If the rehabilitation cost exceeds the amounts required by the State then the difference shall be made up in a bond to Orange County. SECTION 5.13: STANDARDS FOR AGRICULTURAL USES 5.13.1 Agricultural Processing Facility (A) Use Standards (1) Shall not be permitted: (a) As a Conditional Use District. Refer to Section 5.1.3 of this Ordinance. 199 (b) Within the Rural Buffer land use classification, as designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan, as part of a Conditional Zoning District application. 200 (A)(B) General Standards for of Evaluation (1) Application materials shall include a comprehensive groundwater study, for facilities expected to use more groundwater on an annual basis than an average 199 As previously indicated the County’s Attorney office has advised symbols should only be utilized to denote review/approval processes for land uses. Regulatory allowances/prohibitions, such as the aforementioned language, is being moved into the individual land use standards contained in Article 5. 200 This is existing language from Section 5.2.3 Table of Permitted Uses – Conditional Zoning Districts incorporated herein consistent with advice from the County’s Attorney office to limit the use of symbols within the proposed revision. 119