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35 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 274 <br /> 275 Chris Johnston: And if a developer came in and asked for a variance,there's already precedent that that has been <br /> 276 provided to the homeowners who are already existent there? <br /> 277 <br /> 278 Cy Stober: Correct. And it's been evaluated by the county engineer and the director of environmental health. <br /> 279 <br /> 280 Chris Johnston: Yeah. Okay. <br /> 281 <br /> 282 Lamar Proctor: All right. Any other questions for staff on these text amendments? Any discussion? <br /> 283 <br /> 284 Chris Johnston: There's more? <br /> 285 <br /> 286 Christopher Sandt: I've got just this last page here. <br /> 287 <br /> 288 Lamar Proctor: Oh, I'm sorry. <br /> 289 <br /> 290 Christopher Sandt: Yeah, I apologize. <br /> 291 <br /> 292 Lamar Proctor: I thought you were done. <br /> 293 <br /> 294 Christopher Sandt: So,water features, that's a loaded term nowadays, so that was a definition that,while correct, had <br /> 295 a little bit more in there than we need to be saying. For what we regulate,the definition in there <br /> 296 was a little long winded if that makes sense. So,we've made it more succinct to match what we <br /> 297 can regulate here at the county. That's minor, but it's important when we find little things like that. <br /> 298 <br /> 299 Chris Johnston: Apologies. <br /> 300 <br /> 301 Christopher Sandt: All right, now I'm done. <br /> 302 <br /> 303 Lamar Proctor: All right. Thank you. I should have waited for the slide. <br /> 304 <br /> 305 Christopher Sandt: Sorry about that. <br /> 306 <br /> 307 Lamar Proctor: All right. Any questions? <br /> 308 <br /> 309 Venkat Yendapalli: One quick question on the comments made by you, Cy, about the reservoir. Lake Orange is very <br /> 310 close to the area of the discussion here, so I kind of know personally about the geography and all <br /> 311 the elements that happen there. So,there's no connection of the water? I was told there's a <br /> 312 backup reservoir, a water reservoir for Hillsborough, but there is no connection to the water <br /> 313 supply? Is that what I'm hearing from you? <br /> 314 <br /> 315 Cy Stober: Chris can actually answer this more accurately than I can,so where is the town and actually <br /> 316 Orange Alamance water's intake? <br /> 317 <br /> 318 Christopher Sandt: So that's correct. There is no actual intake on Lake Orange. There's no pump system that sucks <br /> 319 water out of there and sends it to OAWS or OWASA. So, it feeds the Eno River. It serves <br /> 320 multiple purposes, drinking water supply, but it also,we have a minimum flow requirement to keep <br /> 321 that river wet, to keep the critters alive. So, in terms of intakes downriver,the first one you're <br /> 322 going to run into is the OAWS or Orange Alamance Water System. If you drive on 70 West there <br /> 323 and you cross over the Eno River kind of going through Efland,you'll see the little plant right there. <br /> 324 That's an actual intake on that watershed line. And then further down you've got the town of <br /> 325 Hillsborough with draws right there off Dimmock's Mill. So,the run of river,they suck right out of <br /> 326 the river. Lake Orange is a critical component to make sure that river doesn't dry up. <br /> 327 <br />