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~~ ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 28, 2000 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Stream Buffer Zoning Ordinance Amendments DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) YES ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Proposed Ordinance Robert P. Davis, Planner III Ext. 2580 Craig Benedict, Director Ext 2592 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 9fi8-4501 Durham fi$8-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive public comment on the proposed Stream Buffer Amendments in the Zoning Ordinance BACKGROUND: Request • Amend the Stream Buffer and related sections in the Zoning Ordinance • Provides clearer and language to users to help calculate stream buffers consistently • Adds new definition in Zoning Ordinance for Usable Lot Area • Limits portions of lots that can be encumbered by stream buffers, easements, water bodies, etc. • Adds a new provision for stream buffers outside Watershed Protection Overlay Districts • .Establishes minimum 30-foot (each side) stream buffers for perennial (blue line) and intermittent (dashed blue.line) streams Location Amendments will apply to the entirety of Orange County lying outside the municipalities and their extraterritorial jurisdictions, if any. Develo ment Process Schedule and Action • Public Hearing On August 28, 2000 • Refer amendment to the Planning Board for a recommendation back to the Board of County Commissioners no sooner than October 3, 2000 RECOMMENDATION(S): Plannin Staff Recommendation: Approval of the proposed amendments as given in the attached documents. Administration Recommendation: Refer proposed amendments to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of Commissioners no sooner than October 3, 2000.