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October 16, 2017 (Regular Meeting) Page 3334 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. The following text shall apply to all development or changing of conditions (e.g. , timbering, land clearing, etc. ) adjacent to waterbodies as defined below. 4 . 9-1-Impoundments for agricultural purposes Impoundments used primarily for bona fide agricultural purposes, including animal watering, irrigation, or other agricultural uses shall not be subject to buffering requirements unless the waterbody is part of a natural drainage way (i.e. , unless the waterbody is located on a perennial Glass--ar Glass 2 stream) ; Section 4-10 Requirements of the Waterbody Buffer Zone 1. A minimum 50-foot buffer shall be established from the stream bank on all sides of perennial eE Glass 1 streams in addition to any lakes, ponds or impoundments located along, or on, those streams. Glass l Perennial streams include all rivers, streams, lakes, ponds or waterbodies shown on the USGS Quadrangle Maps as a solid blue line or identified in the Cabarrus County Geographic Information System. 2. A minimum -3-9 25 foot-spa buffer shall be established along the edge of iiefft -`� e streafft banle en all sides of all intermittent ei! Glass 2 stye M,. an any identified wetlands. Glass 2 Streams shall inelede all-�i-,;-ers er s t y e amts s hew•e-e n t ii:nes dentified—as a streafa en the NGRS Seil Survey fer- ^emu Geunty, identified en €fie—Eabarres Esen*=yGeagr-aphie - Systef -identi€ied-asp-strreehm by a efualified stEeam ela5sifieatien prefesslenakas-de€ineb in Geetien 4 !9-" 3. The applicant must provide a detailed survey that field verifies the location of all perennial n;Tel j:nccr�d:tt-en1c streams, lakes, ponds, impoundments and wetlands on the subject property and within 100 feet of the boundary of the subject property for all proposed plats and site plans. 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. 5. The determination that a waterbody or stream indicated on a USGS Map or NRCS soil survey map does not exist must be concurred by the NCDENR Division of Water Quality and/or the US Army Corps of Engineers. 6. The Waterbody Buffer Zone shall be determined and clearly delineated on site prior to any development or pre-development activity occurring in order to protect the required buffer from encroachment or damage. No development, including soil disturbing activities or grading, shall occur within the established buffer area. 7. The waterbody buffer shall be maintained as follows and shall be shown on all site plans or subdivision plats related to the project submitted for review, including soil and erosion control plans: a. The size of a perennial stream er saes 1 waterbody buffer shall be measured from the annual average stream bank, perpendicularly for a distance of 50 feet plus 4 times the average percent of slope of area adjacent to the stream. This slope shall be calculated by measuring a distance of 250 feet from the center of the stream. The percent of slope for this distance shall serve as