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Amendments to the Orange County <br />Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance <br />Apri114, 2000 <br />NOTE: The underlined text will be added to the Ordinance and the struck-through text will be deleted. The <br />amendments (with only one exception as noted) are being made so that the County Ordinance conforms to the <br />amended Model Ordinance of the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission. These changes are the <br />result of legislative changes, the State's staff enforcement experience and the recommendations of their attorneys. <br />Section 3 Definitions <br />Affiliate - a erson that directl or indirectl throw hone or more intermediaries controls is controlled b or is <br />under common control of another person. <br />Pareut - an affiliate that directl or indirectl throw one or more intermediaries controls another erson. <br />Subsidia - an affiliate that is directl or indirectl throw hone or more intermediaries controlled b another <br />erg son• <br />Commentary: These new definitions will be placed within the current list in alphabetical order. <br />Section 5 Scope and Exclusions (County-wide) <br />This Ordinance shall not a 1 to the followin land-disturbin activities: <br />A. Agriculture <br />Activities includin the breedin and in of livestock undertaken on a 'cultural land for the <br />roduction of lants and animals useful to man includin but not limited to: <br />1. fora es and sod cro s gins and feed cro s tobacco cotton and eanuts• <br />2. dai animals and d ' roducts• <br />3. poultry and ~oultrrUroducts: <br />4. livestock includin beef cattle shee swine horses pies mules or oats includin the <br />breeding and $razine of an~or all such animals <br />5. bees and. apiary products: <br />6. fur animals. <br />B. Forestland <br />Activities undertaken.on forestland for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products and <br />conducted in accordance with best mana ement radices set out in Forest Practice Guidelines Related <br />to Water Quality as adopted by the Depar~ent. Ifland-disturbing activity <br />undertaken on forestland for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products is not <br />conducted in accordance with Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality, the provisions of this <br />ordinance shall apply to such activity and any related land-disturbing activity on the tract. <br />C. Mining <br />. Activities for which a ermit is <br />