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3. Amend the application criteria for establishment of EC-5 <br />zoning districts <br />a. Amend SECTION 4.2.12 Existin Commercial - V EC-5 <br />District to create the procedures for modification of existing <br />EC-5 districts in cases of public condemnation of private <br />property. <br />PURPOSE: To allow, under strict guidlines, the modification of <br />an EC-5 district which becomes non-functional due to <br />condemnation for a public improvement. Development within <br />the re-established, administratively-approved district shall be <br />required to meet al! applicable provisions and shall be in close <br />proximity to the remaining portion of condemned properly. <br />B. ORANGE COUNTY SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION <br />CONTROL AMENDMENTS <br />a. Amend various sections of the Ordinance. <br />PURPOSE: The purpose of the attached Soil Erosion and <br />Sedimentation Control Ordinance amendments is to conform <br />the County Ordinance with the amended Mode/ Ordinance of <br />the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission. <br />These changes are the result of legislative changes, the <br />State's staff enforcement experience and the <br />recommendations of their attorneys. The amendments <br />include changes such as: $500 per day civil penalty to a <br />$5000 civil penalty for violations, penalty assessment from <br />the date of detection instead of the delivery date of the <br />notice of violation, and an extension of the plan approval <br />expiration date from twelve months to eighteen months. <br />C. CONSIDERATION OF THE NEUSE RIVER BASIN <br />STORMWATER CONTROL ORDINANCE <br />a. Incorporates new, State-mandated, locally adopted rules to <br />regulate stormwater within the Neuse River Basin. <br />PURPOSE: To meet the state set date for adoption of the <br />Neuse River Basin Stonnwater Control Ordinance. <br />Changes may be made in the advertised proposals that reflect debate, objections <br />and discussion at the hearing. <br />Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning <br />Department located in the Planning and Agricultural Center, 306E Revere Road, <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday <br />through Friday. You may also call 732-8181 (Hillsborough), 688-7331 (Durham), 967- <br />9251 (Chapel Hill-Carrboro) or 227-2031 (Mebane/Graham). Please ask for extension <br />2575 or 2585. You will be directed to a staff member who will answer your questions. <br />G:/robert/PublicHearingMay00/noticeofpublichearing <br />