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35 <br /> 1594 <br /> 1595 Cy Stober: But it would,to your point, Mr.Johnston, open the door,yes,to more by-right development without <br /> 1596 having to apply for a variance. But the variances have all,the four that have been applied for <br /> 1597 have universally been determined to be allowed. This buffer being a hardship to development that <br /> 1598 is unreasonable and imposed by the county. <br /> 1599 <br /> 1600 Chris Johnston: And if a developer came in and asked for a variance,there's already precedent that that has been <br /> 1601 provided to the homeowners who are already existent there? <br /> 1602 <br /> 1603 Cy Stober: Correct. And it's been evaluated by the county engineer and the director of environmental health. <br /> 1604 <br /> 1605 Chris Johnston: Yeah. Okay. <br /> 1606 <br /> 1607 Lamar Proctor: All right. Any other questions for staff on these text amendments? Any discussion? <br /> 1608 <br /> 1609 Chris Johnston: There's more? <br /> 1610 <br /> 1611 Christopher Sandt: I've got just this last page here. <br /> 1612 <br /> 1613 Lamar Proctor: Oh, I'm sorry. <br /> 1614 <br /> 1615 Christopher Sandt: Yeah, I apologize. <br /> 1616 <br /> 1617 Lamar Proctor: I thought you were done. <br /> 1618 <br /> 1619 Christopher Sandt: So,water features, that's a loaded term nowadays,so that was a definition that,while correct, had <br /> 1620 a little bit more in there than we need to be saying. For what we regulate,the definition in there <br /> 1621 was a little long winded if that makes sense. So,we've made it more succinct to match what we <br /> 1622 can regulate here at the county. That's minor, but it's important when we find little things like that. <br /> 1623 <br /> 1624 Chris Johnston: Apologies. <br /> 1625 <br /> 1626 Christopher Sandt: All right, now I'm done. <br /> 1627 <br /> 1628 Lamar Proctor: All right. Thank you. I should have waited for the slide. <br /> 1629 <br /> 1630 Christopher Sandt: Sorry about that. <br /> 1631 <br /> 1632 Lamar Proctor: All right. Any questions? <br /> 1633 <br /> 1634 Venkat Yendapalli: One quick question on the comments made by you, Cy, about the reservoir. Lake Orange is very <br /> 1635 close to the area of the discussion here, so I kind of know personally about the geography and all <br /> 1636 the elements that happen there. So,there's no connection of the water? I was told there's a <br /> 1637 backup reservoir, a water reservoir for Hillsborough, but there is no connection to the water <br /> 1638 supply? Is that what I'm hearing from you? <br /> 1639 <br /> 1640 Cy Stober: Chris can actually answer this more accurately than I can,so where is the town and actually <br /> 1641 Orange Alamance water's intake? <br /> 1642 <br /> 1643 Christopher Sandt: So that's correct. There is no actual intake on Lake Orange. There's no pump system that sucks <br /> 1644 water out of there and sends it to OAWS or OWASA. So, it feeds the Eno River. It serves <br /> 1645 multiple purposes, drinking water supply, but it also,we have a minimum flow requirement to keep <br /> 1646 that river wet, to keep the critters alive. So, in terms of intakes downriver,the first one you're <br /> 1647 going to run into is the OAWS or Orange Alamance Water System. If you drive on 70 West there <br /> 1648 and you cross over the Eno River kind of going through Efland, you'll see the little plant right there. <br />