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Article 5: Uses 73 <br /> Section 5.12:Standards for Extractive Uses <br /> (h) Roads other than permanent roads shall be treated with dust inhibitors, <br /> to be specified in the Operations Plan, which will reduce to a minimum <br /> the generation of dust from the road surfaces as a result of wind or <br /> vehicular action. Properly operated water wagons shall be an <br /> acceptable method of dust inhibition. <br /> (i) Where the proposed extraction shall take place within 300 feet of a <br /> dwelling, school, church, hospital, commercial or industrial building, <br /> public building, or public land, a security fence at least six feet in height <br /> shall be installed. <br /> (j) Spoil piles and other accumulations of by-products shall not be created <br /> to a height more than 40 feet above the original contour and shall be so <br /> graded that the vertical slope shall not exceed the material's natural <br /> angle of response. <br /> (k) The Operations Plan and the Rehabilitation Plan shall be coordinated so <br /> that the amount of disturbed land is kept to the absolute minimum <br /> consonant with good practices and so that rehabilitation proceeds in <br /> concert with extraction. <br /> (1) No Land-Disturbing Activity134 shall take place within <br /> 250 feet of the zoning lot line or the property line where the zoning line <br /> and the property line are one and the same. Within the 250 foot setback <br /> area, existing vegetation shall be retained for the purpose of providing a <br /> visual screen and noise buffer. No disturbance or removal of vegetation <br /> shall be permitted except for access roads leading from the excavation <br /> area to public roads. Where vegetation within the 250 foot setback does <br /> not exist,the applicant shall be required to provide a dense, evergreen <br /> buffer consistent with the purpose cited above. The buffer shall be in <br /> place prior to the initiation of any excavation activities. <br /> (m) The applicant shall submit operational reports, prepared on an annual <br /> basis, detailing the amounts of materials extracted, extent of extractive <br /> area, depth of extractive area, and results of groundwater test borings. <br /> (n) Annual inspections of the operation shall be conducted by the Planning <br /> Director following submittal of the annual operations reports to determine <br /> compliance with the provisions of the development approval. <br /> (o) In cases of abandonment or termination of operations for a period of 12 <br /> consecutive months, application for a new development approval is <br /> required. <br /> (p) The Board of County Commissioners shall require for all extr;4rtiAkq uses <br /> aThe applicant shall be required to post a Performance Guarantee to <br /> ensure that--the provisions of the Rehabilitation Plan are met. The <br /> Performance Guarantee <br /> shall be completed in accordance with the <br /> provisions of Sections 2.27 and 6.22 of this Ordinance.135 <br /> 134 Consistentuse of"Land-Disturbing Activity". <br /> 131 Consistent reference to Performance Guarantee sections of UDC, AND based on Legal Sufficiency Review <br /> comments. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina— Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-97 <br />