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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.18: Land Disturbing Permits Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-65 2.18.2 Application Requirements (A) An application for a Land Disturbing PermitApplications shall be filed with the Erosion Control Officer on forms provided by the Planning Department. (B) Erosion Control Plans must be approved prior to issuance of a Land Disturbing Permit.6 2.18.3 Exemptions No permit is required for the following activities: (A) For the purpose of fighting fires. (B) For the stock piling of raw or processed sand, stone, or gravel in material processing plants and storage yards, provided that sediment control measures have been utilized to protect against off-site damage. (C) For disturbances that do not exceed 20,000 square feet in surface area, or 10,000 square feet if within the University Lake, Cane Creek, or Upper Eno WatershedsLand disturbing activities that do not exceed established land disturbance thresholds as detailed in Section 6.15 of this Ordinance. In determining the area, lands under one or diverse ownership being developed as a unit shall be aggregated. 2.18.4 Erosion Control Plan Required An Erosion Control Plan must be submitted to the Erosion Control Officer when the proposed land disturbance is greater than 20,000 square feet, or greater than 10,000 square feet if within the University Lake, Cane Creek, or Upper Eno Watersheds.7 2.18.52.18.4 Expiration of Land Disturbing Permits (A) Erosion Control Plan The Erosion Control Officer may establish an expiration date for Erosion Control Plans approved under this Ordinance. Erosion Control Plan Approvals expire 18 months after the approval date unless the land disturbance is started as defined in (C) below. 8 (B) Land Disturbing Permits (1) A Land Disturbing Permit must be obtained before beginning the disturbance and may be obtained at any time as long as the Erosion Control Plan Approval is valid. 9 (2) Land Disturbing Permits expire with consistent with the expiration of the previously approved Erosion Control Plan Approval unless the disturbance has begun. Once the disturbance begins, a Land Disturbing Permit is valid for a period of two years starting with the commencement of the disturbance, as defined in (C) below.10 (3) The Land Disturbing Permit must be renewed if the disturbance continues more than two years. The renewal fee is one half the original fee and the permit is valid for one year. 6MovedtoSection2.18.1ofthisOrdinance. 7ThisisanattempttostreamlinetheUDO.IftheUDOreferencestheneedforanerosioncontrolplan,thenwedo notneedtorepeatthisrequirement3timesinSection2.18. 8Section2.18isintendedtoaddresslanddisturbingpermits.Section2.19addresseserosioncontrolregulations. ThissectiondoesnotbelonginSection2.18.SuchlanguagebelongsinSection2.19. 9AlreadyaddressedinSection2.18.1anddoesnotneedtoberepeated. 10Alanddisturbancepermitisintendedtobethetoolutilizedtoimplementanapprovederosioncontrolplan.If weestablishthattheapprovedplanhasaspecific‘shelflife’thepermitdoesnotneedaseparatetimeframe.This hascausedconfusionforstaffandapplicants. Formatte numbering 5