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A Waterbody Buffer Zone will be required on Horton Branch and its tributaries required by the county Zoning Ordinance and permit CESAW- CO88 -N- 013 -0061 issued under Section 404 of the U. S. Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1413) by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The developer should check with Cabarrus County Commerce Department — Planning & Zoning. Future development will require prior authorization from appropriate federal and state authorities to impact jurisdictional waters or wetlands, or the proposed project will be in violation federal and /or state law. Permits for disturbance of streams and other wetlands must be requested from N. C. Division of Water Quality and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers prior to any impacts. Please submit documentation to county planners and Cabarrus Soil and Water Conservation District. Development of site will remove existing forestland from production, result in loss of environmental services from forest land cover, and accelerate the rate of loss of green infrastructure in the county. Cities of Concord and Kannapolis have received an interbasin transfer of water certificate from the NC Div. of Water Resources. As a condition of this permit, other jurisdictions receiving water from these municipalities are bound by the conditions of IBT certificate. Under this certificate, streams will be classified by a qualified professional to ensure proper application of stream buffer rules. Cumulative and secondary impacts associated with future development are not known and should be assessed prior to final plan approval. Badin, Chewacla, Enon, and Kirksey are rated as "very limited" for one or more of the following uses: buildings with or without basements, local roads and streets, and septic systems. The soil types commonly found along streams flowing within these soil complexes are Chewacla sandy loam and Kirksey silt loam. Hydric inclusions or wet spots are also associated with the following soil types on both lowland and upland locations: Chewa�,la sandy loam. This soil tends to be very limited for most types of development as well. Wetlands associated with these soils are often regulated by state and federal laws that mandate permits prior to any soil disturbances. These and other soils often are rated "very limited" for buildings, roads, and septic systems due to flooding, depth to the saturated zone and related problems. Depth to soft or hard rock also presents limitations for foundations, roads, and septic on Badin and Kirksey soils. Expansive clay soils with high shrink -swell potential include Badin, Cullen, Enon, Mecklenburg and Tarrus. Foundations, sidewalks, and driveways usually require extra reinforcement on expansive clay soils to compensate for this characteristic and to prevent cracks developing in concrete, asphalt, bricks, blocks, etc. Erosion is a hazard on many of the soils in the Midland Area Plan focal area. Sediment and related turbidity, the leading form of water pollution in North Carolina waterways, has been identified as problem in stream within this planning area. Conservation and or restoration of vegetative land cover is the most cost effective means of reducing this form of non -point source pollution from surface runoff. Large -scale planning for appropriate commercial and residential development on these soils, like site - specific planning, must incorporate other landscape considerations, including topography, vegetation, and water features. Special attention needs to be given to open space protection. Agrarian residents of Cabarrus County, in the majority until the 20th century, largely avoided clearing and/or building on the problematical soils within the Midland Area Plan. Conversely, farmers have for the most part reserved their best, most productive soils for food and tree crops. Soils best suited to producing food, feed, forage, fiber and oilseed crops are important to food security and are therefore designated as "prime farmland soils" by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Attachment number 1 G -1 Page 241