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Article 2: Procedures 20 <br /> Section 2.18: Land Disturbing Permits (LDPs)21 F <br /> 2.18.2 Application Requirements <br /> (A) An application for a Land Disturbing P -M+an LDP shall be filed with the Erosion Control <br /> Officer on forms provided by the Planning Department. <br /> (B) An a€rosion and sedimentation cGontrol pRlan626 must be approved prior to issuance of <br /> i a Permotan LDP. <br /> 2.18.3 Exemptions <br /> No permit LDP is required for the following activities: <br /> (A) For the purpose of fighting fires. <br /> (B) For the stock piling of raw or processed sand, stone, or gravel in material processing <br /> plants and storage yards, provided that sediment control measures have been utilized to <br /> protect against off-site damage. <br /> (C) For disturbances land-disturbing activities that do not exceed 20,000 square feet in <br /> surface area, or 10,000 square feet if within the University Lake, Cane Creek, or Upper <br /> Eno Watersheds. In determining the area, lands under one or diverse ownership being <br /> developed as a unit shall be aggregated. <br /> 2.18.4 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan Required <br /> An e€rosion and sedimentation cControl pPlan must be submitted to the Erosion Control Officer <br /> when the proposed Iand disturhar,^°land-disturbing activity is greater than 20,000 square feet, or <br /> greater than 10,000 square feet if within the University Lake, Cane Creek, or Upper Eno <br /> Watersheds. <br /> 2.18.5 Expiration of RermitsLDPs <br /> (A) Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan <br /> The Erosion Control Officer may establish an expiration date for a€rosion and <br /> sedimentation cGontrol pRIans associated with an approved LDP277appreved under this <br /> Ordinance. Erosion and sedimentation cGontrol pRIans associated with an approved <br /> LDPAeerovals expire threeyears28-18 MGRths after the LDP approval date unless the <br /> land-disturbing activity is started as defined in (C) below. <br /> (B) Land Disturbing Permits LDPs <br /> (1) An LDP I and n^+„rbiRg P8FM;+must be obtained before beginning the <br /> d+stuFba land-disturbing activity and may be obtained at any time as long as <br /> the associated€resienerosion and sedimentation Gentrolcontrol plan <br /> Appreva4-approval29 is valid. <br /> (2) Land DisturbiRg Perry,+^LDPs expire with the expiration of the€erosion and <br /> sedimentation Controlcontrol planWan Appre i-a�gpproval30 unless the <br /> ,+,^+„ eland-disturbing activity has begun. Once the disturbaRGe land- <br /> disturbing activity begins, the LDPa L and D,s+„rbiRg Permit is valid for a period of <br /> two years starting with the commencement of the dia,sturbaRGeland-disturbing <br /> activity, as defined in (C) below. <br /> 26"Erosion Control Plan" replaced with "erosion and sedimentation control plan"as defined in 15A NCAC 02H.1002 <br /> (Definitions)—NOTE: "erosion and sedimentation control plan"is integrated through the remainder of Section <br /> 2.18, where applicable. <br /> 27 The"LDP" is the actual permit;therefore the associated approved erosion and sedimentation control plan is <br /> inherently linked to the 3-year expiration of the LDP. <br /> 28 Three years is the current expiration time frame for LDPs. <br /> 29 Text correction—decapitalized "approval". <br /> 30 Text correction—decapitalized "approval". <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-62 <br />