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V~i <br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 27, 2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. c2 (2 ) <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Ordinance <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT; <br />Sail Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance Ren Ivins ext 2586 <br />Amendments <br />Craig Benedict ext 2592 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-81$1 <br />Chapel Hill 96$-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane (336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To provide consistency among the water quality critical areas, and to match existing regulations <br />within the University Lake Watershed. To provide greater water quality protection within Orange <br />County. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The attached Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance amendments conform to the <br />amended Model Ordinance of the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission. These <br />changes will exceed the minimum requirements of NCDENR- Division of Land Resources, and will <br />provide areas in Orange County that are deemed water quality critical areas for our drinking water <br />supply with greater protections. <br />At the time the Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance was adopted, only the University <br />Lake watershed contained a water quality critical area. These amendments are to update the <br />Ordinance to incorporate the critical areas in the Cane Creek and Upper Eno Watersheds. <br />Location <br />Lands within Orange County jurisdiction which are classified as water quality critical areas by <br />NCDENR- Division of Water Quality. <br />g:\erosion\amendments\sept00abstract.dac <br />