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20 <br /> 2.17.5 Approval Criteria <br /> (A) No application for a plat vacation shall be approved unless it complies with all applicable <br /> requirements of this Ordinance. <br /> (B) The approving entity shall not approve an application for a plat vacation if it will materially <br /> injure the rights of any non-consenting property owner or any public rights related to <br /> public improvements unless expressly agreed to by the agency with jurisdiction over such <br /> improvements. <br /> 2.17.6 Recording <br /> (A) After the new plat is approved, the plat must be recorded, within 60 days, with the <br /> Register of Deeds Office. <br /> (B) Upon the execution and recording of the new plat, the vacated plat has no effect. <br /> (C) The re-subdivision of the land covered by a plat that is vacated shall be platted in the <br /> same manner as is prescribed by this Article for an original plat. <br /> LAND DISTURBING PERMITS <br /> 2.18.1 Generally <br /> (A) Before commencement of any Land-Disturbing Activity in excess of the thresholds as <br /> defined in the Orange County Watershed Matrix (Table 4.2.10 of this Ordinance), st-a#�nq <br /> a-WAiVE)r8ity Lake, GaA@ Greek, or Upper EAQ,._ greater th@A 20,000 sGIware feet, or greater th@A 10,000 Square feet ifwithiA the the owner or his/her <br /> appOiAWGI Financially Responsible Party shall obtain a Land Disturbing Permit <br /> (LDP) from the Erosion Control Officer. For developments that are sub,4ect to Orange <br /> County Stormwater Management requirements, if a permanent Stormwater Control <br /> Measure24 (SCM) is required as part of a Land-Disturbing Activity, the LDP will not be <br /> issued by the Erosion Control Officer until the owner or his/her Financially Responsible <br /> Party posts a Performance Guarantee for construction of the SCM in conformance with <br /> Section 6.22 (F) of this Ordinance.25 <br /> (B) Land Disturbing Rermit&LDPs must be obtained prior to the start of the land <br /> Land-Disturbing Activity. <br /> (C) Every p@rrnit-LDP issued by the Erosion Control Officer shall expressly prohibit open <br /> burning of trees, limbs, stumps and construction debris associated with the permitted <br /> aGti,At Activity. <br /> (D) If a developer, corporation, private landowner or other person proposes to perform <br /> construction/filling activities in or near a lake, stream, creek, tributary or any unnamed <br /> body of water and its adjacent wetlands, Federal permit authorization may be required by <br /> the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prior to commencement of @'rlh dlist srh.pq <br /> act'W'QsLand-Disturbing Activities. <br /> "Section 2.18 title updated to includeappropriateacronymfor Land Disturbing Permits(LDPs)-NOTE "LDP"is <br /> integrated through the remainder of Section 2.18, where applicable. <br /> 24"Stormwater Control Measure"is correctly noted to match the Definitions section of this Ordinance,includes the <br /> appropriate acronym for Stormwater Control Measure(SCM)-NOTE. "Stormwater Control Measure" and"SCM" <br /> are integrated through the remainder of Section 2.18,where applicable. <br /> 25 Section 2.18.1 (A) updated so as to: 1) reference the "Orange County Watershed Matrix Table'(located in new <br /> Section 4.2.10)for determining land disturbancethresholcls specificto each watershed within Orange County, 2) <br /> better refl ect current sta nda rd operati ng procedures for obta i ni ng a La nd Di sturbi ng Permit,3)i ncl udethe <br /> requirement for a performa nce gua ra ntee ifanSCM is required as pa rt of Land-Disturbi ng Activiti es,4)replace the <br /> term "duly appointed agent" with "Financially Res pons ibleParty"so as to match the Definitions section of this <br /> Ordinance,and 5) reference the new Section 6.22. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina— Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-59 <br />