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bool; 1 584 0062 of the Planning Board it is necessary to extend street access to an adjoining property, proposed streets shall be extended to the boundary of such property and a temporary turn-around provided. Under eansiderati the additional eests of the impr anee, and any eeemffliie less eaused by the aeoess to the subdivision. NOTE: This section is to remain as written. Public Hearin on Proposed Amendments to the Watershed Protection Ordinance Effective August 1, 1995 the rules adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission (NCDEM) for protection of watershed areas surrounding surface water supplies (reservoirs & river intakes) were amended. The amendments included provisions that added flexibility and clarification to the requirements that local governments must follow in implementing the states Water Supply Watershed Protection Program. Local governments are not required to amend their watershed protection ordinances to include the new provisions. Any changes made locally are optional and entirely voluntary. Lee County's Watershed Protection Ordinance (originally adopted December 6, 1993, as amended) has been rewritten in its entirety to reflect the minimum standards required by the state's Water Supply Watershed Protection Program and to include new provisions and clarifications made possible by the NCDEM rule changes. None of the changes proposed for adoption are more stringent than the previous provisions. The most significant change for Lee County is the inclusion of the ten (10) percent/seventy (70) percent option for WS-IV Protected Area Classification. This option will allow ten (10) percent of the County's WS-IV Protected Areas to be developed at seventy (70) percent built-upon area versus the current thirty-six (36) percent. The Watershed Protection Ordinance is applicable to 4 watershed areas of Lee County classified as follows: Little River (Intake No. 2), WS-I11- BW (Balance of Watershed) Cape Fear River (Sanford), WS-IV-CA (Critical Area) Cape Fear River (Sanford), WS-IV-PA (Protected Area) Deep River (Lee County), WS-IV-CA (Critical Area) Deep River (Lee County), WS-IV-PA (Protected Area) Deep River (Gulf-Goldston), WS-IV-CA (Critical Area)