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Article 6: Development Standards 113 <br /> Section 6.15:Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Contro1268F <br /> and Sedimentation Control Plan shall include measures to prevent accelerated <br /> erosion within the project boundary and at the point of discharge.301 <br /> (8) Open Burning <br /> The Erosion and Sedimentation Control <br /> Plan shallOU14302 specify the method of disposal of trees, limbs, stumps and <br /> construction debris associated with the a yLand-Disturbing Activity; which <br /> shall be by some method other than open burning. <br /> (B) Mandatory Design and Performance Standards for Land-Disturbing Activity <br /> No Land-Disturbing Activity subject to the provisions of this Section <br /> shall be undertaken except in accordance with the following mandatory standards: <br /> (1) Buffer Zone <br /> (a) No lanrt-rlisfi-rhinn arti„i+.,Land-Disturbing Activity dads-Qf <br /> rnnstn,r+inn nr imnrnueme it to Ianr1 303shall be permitted in proximity to <br /> a lake or natural watercourse unless a buffer zone is provided along the <br /> margin of the watercourse of sufficient width to confine visible siltation <br /> within the 25% of the buffer zone nearest the <br /> aGtisAyLand-Disturbing Activity. <br /> (b) Unless otherwise provided, the width of a buffer zone is measured from <br /> the edge of the water to the nearest edge of the disturbed area, with the <br /> 25% of the strip nearer the land—disturbing -activity containing the natural <br /> or artificial means of confining visible siltation. <br /> !n,l)I-NRte-c Glassifip_d as Tmi it Waters thr@F_=Prirnnmontol lVl@Aa vom�nt <br /> 304 <br /> `2) IA12�s�ahathave been classified as trout waters by the Environmental <br /> O <br /> of the <br /> ( ))Tha 25 fount ' imp a��iirlth for an undisturbed buffer zone adjacentto <br /> b2nk <br /> (4) The :!0aCounty may approve plans %uhic-h inc-1--ide- land-disturbing <br /> dist„rhin ertivity would he temporary and the evte nt_of said dist„rhanre <br /> la nd_dist„rhin artivifii uin„Id he minimal This a,bsertion shall not apply <br /> T <br /> to a land-dist„rhino activity in ronnertion with the construction of facilities <br /> to be lo-cated e over, • <br /> (5) Where a temporary and minimal disturbance land_disturhin artivifii i <br /> Ordinance,permitted as an exception by Section 6.15.7(B)(1)(c)(iii) of this <br /> O <br /> disturbed, <br /> such that thara is not morn than 100 <br /> areas may ba dos-turba-d With the approval of the Dire-r-tor of the <br /> Division of 1 and Re-go----rres of the Do pa rtme nt of Envi ronme-nt and Natural <br /> 101 Revised to reflect the most current version of NCDEQ's model ordinancefor E&SC. <br /> 102 Text correction—grammar fix. <br /> 303 Deleted "duringperiods of construction or improvement to land"—this was extraneous text. <br /> 304 There are no EMC recognized Trout Waters located in Orange County. This section is irrelevantand has been <br /> deleted; revised per NCDEQ peer review comment. <br /> 4'04 tr «orange county" <br /> Orange County, North Carolina— Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-123 <br />