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EXISTING TEXT PART II. RIVER/STREAM OVERLAY (RSOZ) ZONE Section 4-8. River/Stream overlay zone. All rivers or streams shown on USGS Quadrangle Maps as a solid blue line (perennial streams) or as a dotted blue line (intermittent streams) shall be subject to these requirements. Section 4-9. Intention. A strip of land adjacent to a stream or river retained in its natural vegetation or revegetated or reforested by appropriate perennial vegetation to avoid erosion problems will reduce the velocity of overland flow, trap sediment and soil eroded from cropland or land being developed, and limit other pollutants from entering the waterway. Section 4-10. Effect upon bona fide farms. While North Carolina law exempts bona fide farms from local zoning regulations, the County strongly encourages the use of best management practices in farming. A stream buffer is one of these practices and is therefore consistent with North Carolina Sediment Control Law and thus is a 75% reimbursable North Carolina Agricultural Cost -Share Program. This program is administered through the Cabarrus Soil and Water District. Therefore, the following text shall apply to all development (farming is not considered development) or changing of conditions (e.g., timbering) adjacent to a perennial stream as defined below. Section 4-11. Requirements of the RSOZ. 1) A 50-foot stream buffer shall be established on both sides of all perennial streams indicated by a solid blue line on the USGS Quadrangle maps and a 35 foot stream buffer on both sides of all intermittent streams indicated by a dotted blue line on the USGS Quadrangle maps. The applicant may substitute a detailed survey to field verify the location of perennial and intermittent streams on the subject properly and within 100 feet of the boundary of the subject properly for the delineation on the USGS Quadrangle maps. All designated floodways and flood fringe areas as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are also subject to these restrictions. No development, including soil disturbing activities, shall occur within this buffer strip except as listed in 4B below. 2) As development occurs in any zone requiring a site plan or subdivision review, an enlarged stream buffer shall be made as follows: -~