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April 25, 1990 <br /> <br /> Mr. Jerry Newton <br /> Planning Director <br /> Cabarrus County <br /> P.O. Box 707 <br /> Concord, NC 28025 <br /> <br /> Re: Coddle Creek Reservoir <br /> HDR Project No. 187-23-1B (D/S)D <br /> <br /> Dear Jerry: <br /> <br /> I~ recent discussion with Mike Ruffin, Fletcher Nartsell and you concerning <br /> possible revision to existing ordinances to provide a stream buffer for <br /> mitigation of wetlands impacts by the Coddle Creek Reservoir, the consensus is <br /> that the County adopt'appropriate county-wide restrictions. These will be in <br /> additior to the measures already outlined in the Watershed Overlay District. <br /> Earlier last week, the Corps of Engineers indicated that measures restricted <br /> to the two main watersheds (Coddle Creek and Dutch Buffalo Creek) would not be <br /> sufficient to offset the impacts. The estimated protected area for the two <br /> watersheds totaled 375 acres. <br /> <br /> We have since made new estimates for the area that potentially would be <br /> protected with a buffer strip along,perennial streams fifty (50) feet either <br /> side of these streams within the entire county. The total area within the <br /> County would be 4200 acres, We also estimated the areas .that would be within <br /> the various municipalities (and outside County jurisdiction) which totaled 230 <br /> acres. This did not include some of the more recent annexations nor the <br /> cities' extra-territorial jurisdiction. A very conservative estimate of area <br /> within the extra-territorial jurisdiction and additional annexations would be <br /> 200 acres. The Coddle Creek Reservoir would also inundate appro×ima[ely 120 <br /> acres of the total leaving-a net acreage of approximately 3650 acres that <br /> would fall under the proposed stream buffer restriction. This Ts summarized <br /> in Lhe following table: <br /> <br /> Description Area (Acres) <br /> <br /> Countrywide Stream Duffer <br /> (50 feet either side of perennial stream} 4200 <br /> <br /> Less: <br /> Areas within municipalities <br /> and extra-territorial jurisdiction (430) <br /> Coddle Creek Reservoir (120) <br /> <br /> Net Protected Area 3650 <br /> <br />HOR Engineering, Inc. ' Suite 1400 ~lephone <br />of North Carolina 128 S. ~yo~ Street 7~ 338-1800 <br /> CharloUe, North Caroline <br /> 28202-5001 <br /> <br /> <br />