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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts23 <br /> Section 4.2:Watershed Protection Overlay Districts2F <br /> 4.2.9 Water Supply/Sewage Disposal Facilities <br /> The requirements and restrictions for water supply and/or sewage disposal systems located <br /> within Watershed Protection Overlay Districts are noted in Table 4.2.9:$' <br /> TABLE 4.2.9:WATER SUPPLY/SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES <br /> DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY/SEWAGE DISPOSAL <br /> UNIV-CA Water supply and sewage treatment systems shall be limited to individual wells and on- <br /> UNIV-PW site septic tanks systems or individual on-site alternative disposal systems. No off-site <br /> systems shall be permitted. <br /> For parcels created through the Conventional Subdivision process as detailed in Article 7 <br /> All Other Watershed of this Ordinance septic and repair area shall be located in lot. Off-site individual septic <br /> Overly Districts systems associated with parcels created through the Flexible Development Subdivision <br /> as outlined in Section 7.12 of this Ordinance must be contained within Common Open <br /> Space and approved by the Orange County Environmental Health Department. <br /> New septic tanks, pump tanks, and their appurtenances(including nitrification fields)-and <br /> their ni+rifin^+,^.,fielphs shall be located outside of any stream buffers, or at a minimum <br /> distance from a reservoir or perennial/intermittent stream (as shown on the USGS <br /> UNIV-CA Quadrangle maps)as formally approved by the Orange County Environmental Health <br /> Department and in compliance with applicable state health codes'-nn feet fr^m ^ reamer„^;r <br /> or perennial e'r A nte'rm itte'n't stream as shown on the USGS Quadrangle maps,whichever <br /> is furthe02 <br /> New septic tanks, pump tanks and their appurtenances(including nitrification fields)shall <br /> be located outside of any stream buffers-, or at a minimum distance from a reservoir or <br /> perennial/intermittent stream (as shown on the USGS Quadrangle maps)as formally <br /> approved by the Orange County Environmental Health Department and in compliance <br /> CANE-CA with applicable state health codes, whichever is further.s8�^�'�t(east 0 ffeei fr n A <br /> U-ENO-CA <br /> 150 feet fr^m <br /> New R44'Gat'en fields shall be leGated outside of aRy stFeam buffers and at least !go feet <br /> from a perennial or intermittent stream as shewn en the WSGS QuadFangle maps, and at <br /> 4a-st 300 feet from <br /> CANE-PW Water supply and sewage treatment systems shall be limited to individual wells and septic <br /> CANE-CA tanks or individual on-site alternative disposal systems; provided however, off-site <br /> U-ENO-CA systems shall be permitted when located in a Flexible Development subdivision approved <br /> in accordance with Section 7.13 of this Ordinance. <br /> 81 This is a new introductory sentence to describe the contents of this subsection and Table 4.2.9. <br /> 82 Staff initiated text updates to clarify minimum separation distance from streams and reservoirs. This new <br /> language better emphasizes the required involvement of the Environmental Health Department and eliminates the <br /> 150-ft or 300-ft reservoir setbacks that historically have been very difficult to enforce—specifically for legacy, non- <br /> conforming lots that existed prior to reservoir construction. <br /> 83 Staff initiated text updates to clarify minimum separation distance from streams and reservoirs. This new <br /> language better emphasizes the required involvement of the Environmental Health Department and eliminates the <br /> 150-ft or 300-ft reservoir setbacks that historically have been very difficult to enforce—specifically for legacy, non- <br /> conforming lots that existed prior to reservoir construction. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-17 <br />