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<br /> 55 18 watersheds within the county, 13 of which are termed watershed protection overlay districts.
<br /> 56 They are there to protect the public water supply. So, in October of last year, House Bill 600
<br /> 57 passed, and that was basically a clarification stating that, basically,we'll be refining existing
<br /> 58 development definitions. So, it clarified that existing development on the ground at a certain date
<br /> 59 cannot be regulated. So,we did do a text amendment specific to that regulatory change in June
<br /> 60 of this year. This update we're proposing today is literally just some cleanup to better match some
<br /> 61 of the regulatory updates and just read a little bit better. So, from both a staff and a constituent
<br /> 62 standpoint,there's always sections that can just read a little better. But that's the main reason is
<br /> 63 House Bill 600 and our responding to it. We're constantly looking at the state level for regulatory
<br /> 64 updates. The second prong, second fork of this presentation is specific to good old Lake Orange.
<br /> 65 I'll get into some specifics on the history of Lake Orange later, but we're looking to react to some
<br /> 66 development turns up there lately and working with homeowners to allow them to move forward
<br /> 67 with by-right type construction on their property. So that's going to involve our modifying a
<br /> 68 specifically described section of our ordinance for the reservoir setbacks around Lake Orange.
<br /> 69 Now,when I presented at the ORC, we did have another item in this proposed text amendment
<br /> 70 that was specific to modifying some impervious area bonuses for low-income housing. That has
<br /> 71 since been dropped from this package. Actually, it's not gone, but we're not including it in this
<br /> 72 package at this time,so it's a little less paperwork for you to look at today. And we also at the last
<br /> 73 minute found a definition there at the back of the UDO that we felt needed some attention. So,
<br /> 74 you can see it's kind of a hodgepodge. We're doing several things with this, but it's all relatively
<br /> 75 minor stuff. That's just a snippet of the Regulatory Reform Act and the text amendment we did to
<br /> 76 address a lot of that work before. So, here, I wanted to get to this map. These are our 18
<br /> 77 watersheds here in Orange County, 13 of which are these,they're zoned as watershed protection
<br /> 78 overlay districts, WPODs. That's not an official,that's just an acronym I use to, instead of saying
<br /> 79 watershed protection overlay districts over and over. But those are our sheds. We're real proud
<br /> 80 of them. But the Upper Eno Critical is that dark blue one there at the upper left corner of the map.
<br /> 81 Is there a pointer?Okay. So up here this is Lake Orange. Does everybody know about Lake
<br /> 82 Orange? Could I get hands up?
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<br /> 84 Lamar Proctor: Afraid not.
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<br /> 86 Christopher Sandt: So yeah, it's our reservoir up there.
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<br /> 88 Lamar Proctor: We have a new someone who doesn't know about Lake Orange.
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<br /> 90 Christopher Sandt: Oh, great, I can talk Lake Orange all day. So,the proposed modifications that's included in this
<br /> 91 packet is specific, but Lake Orange is up there at the top right side of that kind of arm-looking
<br /> 92 piece of blue hatching. So, I had mentioned some of these text amendments are really related to
<br /> 93 us reacting to our constituents. When folks come in and they have questions about the LIDO,
<br /> 94 sometimes we as staff have to get in there and actually find it. And then there are sometimes
<br /> 95 where we have some trouble interpreting some certain dates or how it's framed in the UDO. So,
<br /> 96 I'm showing you this chart today. It's not part of the amendments, but it's part of our overall effort.
<br /> 97 This is just a handout that we have at the front of our office now that's assisting constituents,
<br /> 98 developers with what is that pre-existing development date. I had mentioned to you there's a date
<br /> 99 that the state says, hey, if you were on the ground with impervious area or a structure this date or
<br /> 100 prior, you are,for lack of a better term, grandfathered. You're not subject to these regulations,
<br /> 101 which in our case came through in the early to mid-'90s. Okay? So, this table is just a real one-
<br /> 102 stop shop for folks to go to to say, hey, I think this house was built in,say, 1988. Oh, I see that
<br /> 103 the existing development date April 1990. Mr. Staff, does that mean I don't have to count this
<br /> 104 impervious? And the answer is yes. So that's all based on state law, and we react to that. So,
<br /> 105 these are the sections affected. You'll see most of it in the packet. I think you might have to go
<br /> 106 back to the last meeting's agenda, but it's mostly clarifying acronyms; it's spelling things out; it's
<br /> 107 making our charts and tables, mostly in Article 4,just a little bit easier to read and understand.
<br /> 108 And most of that's specific to that existing development date. Article 10 is just this water feature
<br /> 109 definition that I'll get into, so 24 pages total. It's pretty small. These can get quite detailed. So,
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