20120399 Ver 2_WQC or EMC Recommendation_20150513

Request for a Major Variance from the Neume Riparian Area Protection Rule by Mr. GwinnHedrick
for construction of five decks for Fdvervv nds Tovvnhonmes at Oriental, NC- (Action Item) (Jennifer
Burdette)
A request has been received for the Water Quality Committee to grant a Major Variance from the
Neuse Riparian Area Protection Rules to Mr. Gvvnn Hedrick for construction of five decks that are 4DA
accessible from inside for RivenwindsTovvnhomesat236 Blackwell Point Loop Road in Oriental, NC.
Due tu the townhomes' location at the edge of and within the protected riparian buffer along Smith
[reek' the proposed decks will need to encroach into 509 square feet of Zone One and 931 square feet
uf Zone Two of the riparian buffer. The applicant is proposing mitigation to offset the proposed buffer
impacts and maintenance of diffuse flow by discharging gutter downspouts outside the buffer. The
Division of Water Resources staff does not support this request for a Major Variance from the Neuse
Riparian Area Protection Rules because the request does not comply with evaluation criteria 15A NC4[
02B .0233(a)(i)(A)' (C), (E) Et (F); (ii) and (hi). (Attachments enclosed: Variance Application, DVYR
Findings of Fact, and PowerPoint Presentation).