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15 <br /> Slide #6 <br /> Proposed Amendments <br /> • Articles 3 and 5 -Section reference updates and a <br /> buffer type update <br /> • Section 6.8. Landscaping, Buffers &Tree Protection <br /> —Several proposed amendments have footnotes to <br /> explain rationale. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Slide #7 <br /> Proposed Amendments <br /> • 6.8.2 Applicability <br /> —Clarify that Exempt or Expedited subdivisions are not <br /> subject to the standards <br /> • 6.8.4 Protection of Existing Vegetation <br /> —Language refined for improved enforcement through the <br /> plat/plan review <br /> —Add tree protection fencing(during construction) <br /> standards <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Cy Stober said Chair Bedford reached out to him about the language being ambiguous <br /> around the Director's discretion. He said he sent them new language that states that the Director's <br /> discretion is tied to whether fencing should be applied to the critical root zone or tree dripline, <br /> rather than the more ambiguous reference to "existing site conditions". <br />