20160971 Ver 1_Other Agency Correspondence_20161201

OF c�GUILFORD COUNTY
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Post Office Box 3427
Greensboro, North Carolina 27402
Phone: [phone]
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DETERMINATION OF NO PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVES
December 1St, 2016
Attn: Herbert B. Parks
Rivers Edge 7, LLC
7B Corporate Center Court
Greensboro, NC 27408
Attn: Bradley S. Lucky
Pilot Environmental Inc.
PO Box 128
Kernersville, NC 27285
Authorization Certificate
Re: Determination of No Practical Alternative for Stream Buffer Disturbance
Witty Road - Proposed Residential Subdivision (stream crossing)
Project Location: [8407 Witty Road, NC (0138842)]
Dear Mr. Parks,
Please be advised that the request for the use of the Stream Buffer that you have submitted
for the Witty Road subdivision stream crossing has been approved by this Office. The
stream reach to which this approval applies is shown on the attached aerial photograph.
Further, the stream reach will still be subject to the conditional Allowable Use category of
the Guilford County Development Ordinance as it pertains to the Jordan Lake riparian
buffer requirements within Table 7-1-2:
Road crossings that impact greater than 40 linear feet but equal to or less than 150
linear feet or one-third of an acre of riparian buffer.
Buffer
Zone 1
Zone 2
Linear Impact
Disturbance
Impacts
Impacts
(feet)
Allowable
Allowable
(square feet
(square feet
131
9,541
1,039
148
In accordance with the State of North Carolina's Rule (15A NCAC 02B.0267) - Jordan Water
Supply Nutrient Strategy: Protection of Existing Riparian Buffers, any applicant that
intends to disturb Zone 1 and Zone 2 of the stream buffer must show that there is a "No
Practical Alternative" to impact the stream buffer. The applicant submitted a Buffer Use
Request Form on October 141h, 2016 outlining the "No Practical Alternative Request."
Post Office Box 3427 - Greensboro, North Carolina 27402
Telephone: [phone]

Further revisions were submitted on November 23rd, 2016. Guilford County has
determined that the impact to the Jordan Lake Water Supply Watershed stream buffer is
necessary to install the road and stream crossing in question.
Further, as outlined in Section 7-1-6 c
To qualify for the designation indicated, an activity must adhere to the limitations defined
for it in a given listing as well as the requirements established in Section 7-1.9(A)6(c) of the
Guilford County Ordinance. Provided that:
No heavy equipment is used in Zone One;
Vegetation in undisturbed portions of the buffer is not compromised;
No trees are removed by chain;
No permanent felling of trees occurs in protected buffers or streams;
Stumps are removed only by grinding;
At the completion of the project, the disturbed area is stabilized with native
vegetation;
Zones One and Two meet the requirements of Sections 7-1.9(A)6(d) and 7-1.9(a)6(e).
Please be advised that this letter does not exempt the stream reach from compliance with
other local, state, or federal ordinances involving jurisdictional stream/wetland
requirements, such as Section 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act before the project
proceeds. This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that was described in the
application. If any modifications are made to the project, a written notification describing
the changes, must be submitted to the Guilford County Planning & Development
Department, Watershed Protection/Stormwater Management Division. If the property is
sold, the new owner must be given a copy of the certification and approval letter and is
thereby responsible for complying with all conditions.
This letter completes the review of the Determination of No Practical Alternative by the
Guilford County Planning & Development Department, Watershed Protection/Stormwater
Management Division. If you have any further questions and/or concerns, please call (336)
641-5565.
Sincerely,
Justin T. Gray
Stormwater Program Administrator
CC: Frank Park, Watershed/Stormwater
Earl Davis, Erosion and Sedimention Control
Sue Homewood, DWR Winston-Salem Regional Office
David Bailey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Post Office Box 3427 • Greensboro, North Carolina 27402
Telephone: [phone]

Stream Reach Aerial Photograph
Project Name: Witt Road Subdivision Road Stream Crossing)
Project Location: Greensboro, NC
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Stream reach allowed use category from the Guilford County Development Ordinance
buffer requirements.
Post Office Box 3427 • Greensboro, North Carolina 27402
Telephone: [phone]