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Article 6: Development Standards 125 <br /> Section 6.15: Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control266F <br /> (f) To protect and maintain the existing habitat of fish and wildlife. <br /> (g) To prevent damage from flooding while recognizing that natural <br /> fluctuations in water levels are beneficial. <br /> (h) To protect the absorptive, purifying and retentive functions of the natural <br /> systems existing in the University Lake, Cane Creek, and Upper Eno <br /> Watersheds area. <br /> (i) To ensure the attainment of these objectives by requiring the approval <br /> and implementation of Sedimentation and Erosion Control Plancorncinn <br /> and sedmmeRta+, n G n+r„H AanErosion and Sedimentation Control <br /> Plans268 for all activities which may adversely affect the University Lake, <br /> Cane Creek, and Upper Eno Watersheds. <br /> 0) To provide and enforce design and performance standards for control of <br /> post-development erosion and sedimentation in order to preserve the <br /> characteristics that existed in the University Lake, Cane Creek, and <br /> Upper Eno Watersheds Area prior to development. <br /> 6.15.2 Applicability <br /> (A) The-,Gg269 erosion and sedimentation control provisions contained herein shall apply <br /> within Orange County, including the municipalities of Carrboro, Hillsborough, and the <br /> portion of Mebane within Orange County, but excluding the municipal boundaries and <br /> planning extraterritorial limits of Chapel Hill.270 <br /> (B) It shall be unlawful, within the jurisdiction of this Section, to engage in land disturbing <br /> aGti Activity, except as provided herein, without first obtaining a permit <br /> Land Disturbing Permit(LDP)271 as required by this Section and without complying with <br /> the conditions of the issuance of said permitLDP. <br /> (C) Any person engaged in land-disturbing activities who fails to file a for an <br /> LDP272 in accordance with this Ordinance, or who conducts a land dosturbon <br /> a ti AyLand-Disturbing Activity except in accordance with provisions of an approved plea <br /> LDP shall be deemed in violation of this Ordinance. <br /> 6.15.3 Erosion Control Standards <br /> (A) Orange County Erosion Contro1273 Standards <br /> Requirements, standards, and specifications for erosion Gentrel planseresion and <br /> sedOM8Rtat'GR ,.GRtF„l nlaRErosion and Sedimentation Control Plans274 and erosion <br /> control techniques, measures, and devices are contained in the <br /> most current version of tithe North Carolina <br /> Administrative Code Title 15A Chapter 4: Sedimentation Control, and the most current <br /> version of the North Carolina Erosion and Sediment Control Planning and Design Manual <br /> 261 Consistent use of"Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans". <br /> zes Deleted "soil". <br /> 270 Revised per NCDEQ peer review comment. <br /> 2'1"Land Disturbing Permit" is correctly noted to match the Definitions section of this Ordinance and the <br /> appropriate acronym for Land Disturbing Permit(LDP) is included—NOTE: "Land Disturbing Permit"and"LDP" <br /> are integrated through the remainder of Section 6.15, where applicable. <br /> 212 Clarification of requirements. <br /> 211 Clarification that this sub-section is specific to"Orange County erosion control standards" <br /> 174 Consistent use of"Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan" as defined in 15A NCAC 02H.1002(Definitions)— <br /> NOTE: "Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan"is integrated through the remainder of Section 6.15, where <br /> applicable. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-117 <br />