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PROPOSED TEXT PART II. WATERBODY BUFFER ZONE Section 4-9. Intention of Waterbody Buffer Protected, vegetated strips of land adjacent to streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, impoundments, or wetlands, retained in a natural, undisturbed, state, in an effort to avoid erosion problems and to' reduce the velocity of overland flow, thus trapping sediment and soil eroded from cropland or land being developed to limit 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 waterbody 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 waterbodies as defined below. Section 4-li. Requirements of the Waterbody Buffer Zone 1) A minimum 50-foot buffer shall be established on all sides of perennial or Class 1 streams in addition to any lakes, ponds or impoundments. Class 1 streams include all rivers, streams, lakes, ponds or waterbodies shown on the USGS Quadrangle Maps as a solid blue line. 2) A minimum 35 foot stream buffer shall be established on all sides of all intermittent or Class 2 streams and dny identified wetlands. Class 2 Streams shall include all rivers or streams shown on the USGS Maps as dotted or dashed blue lines, identified as a stream on the NCRS Soil Survey for Cabarrus County or identified as a stream by a qualified stream classification professional as defined in Section 4-11.3. 3) The applicant must provide a detailed survey that field verifies the location of all perennial and intermittent streams, lakes, ponds, impoundments and wetlands on the subject property and within 100 feet of the boundary of the subject property as well as the applicable buffer areas. No development, including soil disturbing activities or grading, shall occur within this buffer area. 4) Streams may exist even if they are not mapped on the USGS Quadrangle Maps or NCRS Soil Survey Maps. A qualified professional must identify streams that exist on the site but are not mapped. For purposes of this section, a qualified professional shall mean an individual that has attended wetlands delineation training using application of the 1987. Wetland Delineation Manual by the US Army Corps of Engineers and Identification of Perennial and Intermittent Streams training supported by the North Carolina Division of Water Quality. C -~