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Article 5: Uses 226 <br /> Section 5.12: Standards for Extractive Uses <br /> (xii) Operating practices will be followed to comply with the <br /> performance standards applicable to the operation (See <br /> Subsection 7 7 7(E)Section 6.4115) <br /> (c) A Rehabilitation Plan which shall include: <br /> (i) A statement of planned rehabilitation of the excavated land, <br /> including detailed methods of accomplishment and planned <br /> future use of the rehabilitated land. <br /> (ii) A map showing the final topography, after rehabilitation, to the <br /> same scale as the Site Plan, depicting any water areas and <br /> methods of preventing stagnation and pollution thereof, <br /> landscaping and ground cover proposed to be installed, and the <br /> amount and type of back fill to be employed, if any. <br /> (iii) Typical cross sections showing planned rehabilitation. <br /> (iv) A phasing and timing plan, related to the phasing and timing <br /> portion of the Operations Plan, showing the progression of the <br /> rehabilitation and the date when it will be complete. <br /> (v) The method of disposing of all equipment, structures, dikes and <br /> spoil piles associated with the operations. <br /> (vi) A written legal description or survey of the property, prepared by <br /> a North Carolina registered land surveyor or engineer. <br /> (2) Standards of Evaluation <br /> (a) The applicant demonstrates that the extractive use operation fulfills <br /> primarily a local need as opposed to a regional need in terms of <br /> supplying sand and/or gravel for building and construction purposes. <br /> (b) All operations associated with extraction shall conform to the following <br /> performance standards: <br /> (c) Direct illumination resulting from the operation shall not fall upon any <br /> land not covered by the application. <br /> (d) Equivalent sound levels at the boundaries of the extraction site shall not <br /> exceed the following standards: <br /> VIBRATION LEVEL STANDARDS •- EXTRACTION <br /> SITES <br /> TiME DECIBEL LIMIT <br /> 7:00 a.m.to 7:00 p.m. 68 dBA <br /> 7:00 p.m.to 7:00 a.m. 58 dBA <br /> (e) Vibration levels at the boundaries of the extraction site shall not exceed <br /> the following standards: <br /> 115 Update to correction section reference. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-104 <br />