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Ordinance to Public Hearing Bold =Proposed Language ~eg# =Deleted Language An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations of Orange County ~~e~ Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County that the Orange County Subdivision Regulations and the Orange County Zoning Ordinance are hereby amended as follows Section 1. SUBDNISION REGULATIONS. Amend Definitions Section II to create a new definition for Resources Management Plan as follows: A document and map, submitted as a part of a Major Subdivision, Class A Special Use Permit application or a Major Subdivision, Planned Development Atlas Amendment with SUP application, that sets forth, in detail, the location of and the proposed methods for: 1) protection of natural resources (i.e. habitat maintenance, existing vegetation, and mitigation of environmentally sensitive areas), 2) ownership and maintenance of open spaces (common open space, proposed conservation easements, and landscape buffers) 3) provision of services (solid waste management to include recycling, storm water management (temporary and permanent), irrigation systems to include the source of water, 4) the method of handling of land clearing debris. Section 2. SUBDNISION REGULATIONS. Amend Definitions Section II to create a new definition for Wetland as follows: Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. (Definition taken from EPA regulations at 40 CFR Section 230.3(t) and COE Regulations at 33 CFR Section 328.3(b), as of July 2"d, 2002.). Section 3. SUBDNISION REGULATIONS. Amend Section III-:D-3 to read as follows: Preliminary Plat Approval Application and approval procedures specified in this Section u~y-be apply to all Preliminary Plats.- except and to the extent that applicable Orange County Zoning Ordinance application and approval procedures pertain. The applicant of a major subdivision not otherwise classified as a Major Subdivision, Class A Special Use (Rural or Urbanizing) or a Major Subdivision, Planned Development (Rural or Urbanizing) may leas ~ ~^~ ~-° ?~°a *?~° ?~^~n} :~:~• ':~ choose to vest the Rrccttiz~ ~. :t,t, ....., . .. rt,t, ... ..j, ~ ........,~, Preliminary Plat for a longer time period than is otherwise provided by this Section. If he/she wishes to exercise this option, the application approval procedures required for Class A Special Uses shall apply as specified in Article g:cun-entplanning/Robert/majorsubdivisionSUPOnIy with Headings