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<br /> 1484 do the math,you get a comparable, reasonable,we think, square footage. So those are some
<br /> 1485 real-world comparisons. And I would say that with this new legislation,the sliding scale becomes
<br /> 1486 kind of a moot point because they're going to get grandfathered in certain allowances. And if we
<br /> 1487 let the sliding scale in,they would get that allowance plus what is mandated by the state, so they'd
<br /> 1488 get what I call a double bump. We really don't want that to happen, but we want to come up with a
<br /> 1489 reasonable solution that's kind of a one size fits all and is really the constituents, the public can
<br /> 1490 understand it and the staff can understand it and there's not a lot of ambiguity to it.
<br /> 1491
<br /> 1492 Venkat Yendapalli: And I have one question, Patrick.
<br /> 1493
<br /> 1494 Patrick Mallett: Yeah.
<br /> 1495
<br /> 1496 Venkat Yendapalli: This developer center impervious surface,does it apply only to the older lots, older subdivisions,
<br /> 1497 or?
<br /> 1498
<br /> 1499 Patrick Mallett: Yes,these are all older. These are not new subdivisions. So, like the one you heard today, this
<br /> 1500 would, that's not an issue. It's these older lots that were developed or at least recorded in the
<br /> 1501 '60s, 70s, and '80s.
<br /> 1502
<br /> 1503 Christopher Sandt: Before the Clean Water Act.
<br /> 1504
<br /> 1505 Patrick Mallett: Yeah, so the number of lots that qualify for this are not huge.
<br /> 1506
<br /> 1507 Venkat Yendapalli: All right. Thank you.
<br /> 1508
<br /> 1509 Cy Stober: I would only editorialize that the number of lots that qualify for this are not huge, but the amount of
<br /> 1510 time that each one of these lots consumes by the staff and the owners' money and time and
<br /> 1511 anxiety and trying to figure all this out with us is extraordinary. And we have a simpler resolution, 1
<br /> 1512 think.
<br /> 1513
<br /> 1514 Christopher Sandt: Thank you Pat and Cy. Yeah, and we also want to make sure that folks have the ability to
<br /> 1515 develop their lots in a fashion that conforms with the UDO and the way we do things in Orange
<br /> 1516 County. So,this is another part of the amendments. This is one of the bigger items here.We've
<br /> 1517 got good old Lake Orange. It was constructed up there,starts at the east fork of the Eno River.
<br /> 1518 So,you know the Eno River starts at the west fork and east fork. Lake Orange is on the east fork,
<br /> 1519 the WFER, the West Eno Reservoir that is owned by the town is on the west fork. They come
<br /> 1520 down,they confluence, and come through downtown. So, it's been there since the'60s. A lot of
<br /> 1521 the lots were plotted. There are about 120 residential lots around this WS2, a water supply to a
<br /> 1522 drinking water supply reservoir. You don't find anything like this in the state. I'm not here to talk
<br /> 1523 about Lake Orange as to why it's set up like that, but let's just say it's a distinct reservoir in the
<br /> 1524 state. It was built in the late'60s. The WEFR was built herein the late'90s, early 2000s after
<br /> 1525 these state rules for water supply watersheds were enforced. So, if you go to the WEFR, all the
<br /> 1526 land around the lake is owned by the town. That's kind of how you want a reservoir built. It's all
<br /> 1527 wooded. It's buffered. Lake Orange has got residential lots around it, and they were built
<br /> 1528 primarily in the'70s and '80s prior to these rules being implemented. So,we've just in the last
<br /> 1529 year or so have processed,you know,those homes are older. If you were built in the'80s or'90s,
<br /> 1530 you're now having to do renovation. You're having to,this is an older house, so we get a lot of
<br /> 1531 these folks just wanting to do improvements to their properties that are now they come in,they
<br /> 1532 say,wait a minute,you have a 150-foot reservoir setback? So, all the lots on Lake Orange are
<br /> 1533 technically subject to a 150-foot reservoir setback per our rules, per our riparian rules. The state
<br /> 1534 minimum is 50 feet for reservoir buffers. So,we're way above and beyond, and really how it
<br /> 1535 happens in my mind. It's staff at that time when these laws were rolled out in the early'90s,
<br /> 1536 nobody was kind of thinking,well,what about Lake Orange over here? Because those lots
<br /> 1537 already, if you look at those lots,there's about 90 to 100 of them that have homes on them, and
<br /> 1538 about 70 of those homes are already within 75 feet of the lake. That's just where they were built.
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