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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts 22 <br /> Section 4.2:Watershed Protection <br /> {W(c) A lot within the Cane Creek watershed which was created prior to <br /> October 19, 1999, with respect to the October 19, 1999, amendments <br /> related to the CANE-CA and CANE-PW districts, or <br /> (O d) Non-conforming lots of record. <br /> (2) Stream buffers as required by Section 6.13, and setbacks for septic systems as <br /> required by Section 4.2.9 may be reduced to the extent necessary to allow <br /> development of the lot, provided that all of the following criteria are met: <br /> (a) The septic system is sized to serve no more than four bedrooms; and <br /> (b) The septic tank, drainfield and repair area (where required) can be <br /> accommodated on 20,000 square feet of area or less; and <br /> (C) The Orange County Planning Department, in consultation with Orange <br /> County Environmental Health and/or the Orange County Staff Engineer <br /> has determined that encroachment of the structure into the stream buffer <br /> and/or encroachment of the septic system or repair area into the stream <br /> buffer or reservoir setback is necessary in order to provide adequate <br /> area for septic disposal and repair while maintaining required <br /> separations between wells, septic systems, structures and property lines; <br /> and <br /> (d) The Orange County Planning Department, in consultation with Orange <br /> County Environmental Health and/or the Orange County Staff Engineer, <br /> has determined that the relative locations of the well, septic system and <br /> structure maximize the amount of watershed protection that can be <br /> achieved while allowing development of the lot. Generally, an exception <br /> to setbacks for repair area is preferable to an exception for the initial <br /> septic system, and encroachment of structures or gravity septic systems <br /> into the setback is preferable to the installation of a septic system pump. <br /> (e) The amount of encroachment into the stream or reservoir buffer is the <br /> minimum amount which can be obtained while meeting the criteria in (a) <br /> through (d). <br /> 4.2.3 Land Use Restrictions <br /> All uses and activities allowed in the underlying zoning district are permitted with the following <br /> exceptions: <br /> TABLE 4.2.3 LAND USE RESTRICTIONS <br /> DISTRICT RESTRICTIONS <br /> UNIV-CA No new landfills are permitted. <br /> UNIV-PW No commercial or industrial uses are permitted except for commercial development, in <br /> CANE-CA accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance, located within established Nodes as <br /> U-ENO-CA detailed within the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br /> No new golf courses are permitted <br /> U N I V-CA <br /> CANE-CA No residual (sludge/biosolids)application is permitted. <br /> U-ENO-CA <br /> CANE-PW <br /> U-ENO-PW <br /> HYCO-PW <br /> LITTLE-PW No discharging landfills are permitted. Industrial use is limited to nonhazardous light <br /> BACK-PW industrial uses characterized by low water use (less than 10,000 gpd, excluding domestic <br /> FLAT-PW water(25 gpd per employee)and water used for heating and air conditioning). <br /> HAW-PW <br /> L-ENO-PW <br /> JORDAN-PW <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-5 <br />