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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts 20 Section 4.2:Watershed Protection Overlay Districts2F 4.2.9 Water Supply/Sewage Disposal Facilities The requirements and restrictions for water supply and/or sewage disposal systems located within Watershed Protection Overlay Districts are noted in Table 4.2.9.77 DISPOSALTABLE 4.2.9:WATER SUPPLYISEWAGE DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY/SEWAGE DISPOSAL UNIV-CA Water supply and sewage treatment systems shall be limited to individual wells and on-site UNIV-PW septic tanks systems or individual on-site alternative disposal systems. No off-site systems shall be permitted. For parcels created through the Conventional Subdivision process as detailed in Article 7 of All Other Watershed this Ordinance septic and repair area shall be located in lot. Off-site individual septic Overly Districts systems associated with parcels created through the Flexible Development Subdivision as outlined in Section 7.12 of this Ordinance must be contained within Common Open Space and approved by the Orange County Environmental Health Department. New septic tanks and their appurtenances (including nitrification fields)and their o•tr'fiGat•on fields shall be located outside of any stream buffers, or at a minimum distance from a UNIV-CA reservoir or perennial/intermittent stream (as shown on the USGS Quadrangle maps)as formally approved by the Orange County Environmental Health Department and in compliance with applicable state health codes3_nn foot frern , Rl Ar ntPrrn0ttPnt ;trP;;rn A,; qhnwn on the USGS Quadrangle maps,whichever is further.Z8 New septic tanks, pump tanks7-9 and their appurtenances(including nitrification fields)shall be located outside of any stream buffers-, or at a minimum distance from a reservoir or perennial/intermittent stream (as shown on the USGS Quadrangle maps)as formally approved by the Orange County Environmental Health Department and in compliance with CANE-CA applicable state health codes,whichever is further.80a.nd at least 100 foot from a perennial U-ENO-CA a reserve P. New nitFifiGation fields shall be located outs 0 de of any strearn buffers and At IPA,t I to-Aot ZlVI foot from CANE-PW Water supply and sewage treatment systems shall be limited to individual wells and septic CANE-CA tanks or individual on-site alternative disposal systems; provided however, off-site systems U-ENO-CA shall be permitted when located in a Flexible Development subdivision approved in accordance with Section 7.13 of this Ordinance. This is a new introductory sentence to describe the contents of this subsection and Table 4.2.9. 78 Staff initiated text updates to clarify minimum separation distance from streams and reservoirs. This new language better emphasizes the required involvement of the Environmental Health Department and eliminates the 150-ft or 300-ft reservoir setbacks that historically have been very difficult to enforce—specifically for legacy, non- conforming lots that existed prior to reservoir construction. 79 Elimination of the text, "pump tanks",as this is not a defined term. 80 Staff initiated text updates to clarify minimum separation distance from streams and reservoirs. This new language better emphasizes the required involvement of the Environmental Health Department and eliminates the 150-ft or 300-ft reservoir setbacks that historically have been very difficult to enforce—specifically for legacy, non- conforming lots that existed prior to reservoir construction. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-17