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Vote on a Legislative request to approve by the Chatham County Planning and Watershed Protection Departments to consider amendments to the Chatham County Watershed Protection Ordinance; specifically, Article 100 Section 103 (D) Exceptions to Applicability; Section 106 (A) Remedies; Section 109 General Definitions; Article 500 Section 501 Watershed Administrator and Duties; and updating department and division titles throughout the document.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a Legislative request to approve by the Chatham County Planning and Watershed Protection Departments to consider amendments to the Chatham County Watershed Protection Ordinance; specifically, Article 100 Section 103 (D) Exceptions to Applicability; Section 106 (A) Remedies; Section 109 General Definitions; Article 500 Section 501 Watershed Administrator and Duties; and updating department and division titles throughout the document.
Introduction & Background:
Periodically the Chatham County Watershed Protection Ordinance requires amendments to reflect changes in the state statutes and the model ordinance. Amendments to the Watershed Protection Ordinance and Map require approval from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. When recently approved amendments related to the Triangle Innovative Point (TIP) site and the 10/70 overlay area were sent to Paul Clark at the NC Department of Environmental Quality he noticed other changes were needed before he could approve the amendments based on recent changes to the model ordinance. The amendments are in Article 100 Section 106 (A) Remedies, Section 103 (D), Section 109 General Definitions, and Article 500 Section 501 Watershed Administrator and Duties. Throughout the document the references to Department of Environmental and Natural Resources and Division of Water Quality will be updated to Department of Environmental Quality and Division of Water Resources.
Discussion & Analysis:
In order to conform to the NCDEQ model ordinance, s...
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