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February 24, 2003 Public Hearin; <br />IMPLICATIONS <br />• Increases the total stream miles protected <br />• Stream Protection at the Headwaters <br />• Water quality most sensitive at headwaters <br />• Flow regime for higher order streams is most affected by what <br />happens at the headwaters <br />• Approximately 85 % of the land area in a watershed drains <br />within the vicinity of the headwaters <br />GRANDFATHER OPTIONS <br />OUt_ion 1: Grandfather all lots of record lots, all existing <br />structures and all projects with valid Preliminary Plan <br />approval as of date of ordinance adoption. <br />Option 2: No grandfather provision with all appeals processed <br />through the Board of Adjustment <br />• Board of Adjustment, under State rules, can reduce buffers <br />on these type of streams completely <br />• BOCC can set parameters in the ordinance limiting the <br />amount of stream buffer reduction that the Board of <br />Adjustment has authority to approve. <br />23 <br />