HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2007-079 Amendments to Orange Co Stormwater Ord for Lands within Neuse River Basin1 1/a~e
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY
STORMWATER ORDINANCE FOR LANDS WITHIN THE NEUSE RIVER BASIN
WHEREAS, Orange County is committed to the protection or water quality and
adopted the State's "Stormwater Ordinance for Lands within the Neuse River Basin"
in March 2001; and
WHEREAS, the Neuse basin covers most of northern Orange County including the
Town of Hillsborough; and
WHEREAS, control of nitrogen runoff, or export, from development projects is a key
feature of the program and developers can pay an in-lieu fee to the North Carolina
Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) to offset nitrogen runoff; and
WHEREAS, in March 2006, The NC Department of Environment and Natural
Resources Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ) changed the Nitrogen Offset
Payment Fee calculation method for in-lieu payments to the NCEEP to reflect
increased costs; and
WHEREAS, the in-lieu payment schedule, which is set by NCDWQ, not the County,
is subject to change in 2007 and potentially periodically after that; and
WHEREAS, amending the Orange County Stormwater Ordinance to incorporate the
fee schedule by reference rather than as part of the ordinance will save effort in the
long term by not having to change the County's Stormwater Ordinance whenever the
State changes the in-lieu payment method;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners approves the Amendments to the Orange County Stormwater
Ordinance for Lands within the Neuse River Basin.
Upon motion of Commissioner , seco3nded by Co missi ner/~/~~n-~-
the f~recl~ing res~luti~n was ad~pte this the ai day of , 2007.
I, Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of
Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoin is a true copy of
so much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on
2007 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said
proceediings are recorded in Minute Book No. of the minutes o~ id Board.
V1~~ITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this _~ day of
~ , 2007. n n~
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