§ 16-92. Protection criteria.

(a)

The following regulations shall apply to the Lake Oconee - Greensboro and Lake Sinclair - Sparta intake water supply watersheds identified on the water supply watershed protection district overlay map of the county as a large water supply watershed with a reservoir known as Lake Oconee and Lake Sinclair, respectively:

(1)

The corridors of all perennial streams within a seven-mile radius of the reservoir boundary must be protected by the following criteria:

a.

A buffer shall be maintained for a distance of 100 feet on both sides of the stream as measured from the stream banks.

b.

No impervious surface shall be constructed within a 150-foot setback area on both sides of the stream as measured from the stream banks.

c.

Septic tanks and septic tank drainfjelds are prohibited, in the 150-foot setback area of subsection (a)(1)b of this section.

(2)

New facilities, located within seven miles of a water supply intake or water supply reservoir, which handle hazardous materials of the types listed in section 312 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (excluding underground storage tanks) and amounts of 10,000 pounds or more on any one day, shall perform their operations on impervious surfaces and in conformance with any applicable federal spill prevention requirements or the requirements of the standard fire prevention code.

(3)

A buffer shall be maintained for a distance of 150-feet from the reservoir boundary. The allowable buffer vegetation and disturbance is specified in the reservoir management plan.

(4)

Lakes Sinclair and Oconee are owned by the Georgia Power Company and will be protected as described in their respective reservoir management plans.

(b)

The following regulations shall apply to the Sherrills Creek water supply watershed identified on the water supply watershed protection district overlay map of the county as a small wafer supply watershed with a reservoir known as the Sherrills Creek Reservoir:

(1)

The corridors of all perennial streams within a seven-mile radius upstream of a governmental owned public drinking water supply intake or water supply reservoir must be protected by the following criteria:

a.

A buffer shall be maintained for a distance of 100 feet on both sides of the stream as measured from the stream banks.

b.

No impervious surface shall be constructed within a 150-foot setback area on both sides of the stream as measured from the stream banks.

c.

Septic tanks and septic tank drainfields are prohibited in the 150-foot setback area as described in subsection (b)(1)b of this section.

(2)

Reserved. (The entire watershed is located within the first seven-mile segment upstream of the intake.)

(3)

The impervious surface area, including all public and private structures, utilities. or facilities, of the entire water supply watershed shall be limited to 25 percent or existing use, whichever is greater.

(4)

New facilities which handle hazardous materials of the types listed in section 312 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (excluding underground storage tanks) and amounts of 10,000 pounds or more on any one day, shall perform their operations on impervious surfaces and in conformance with any applicable federal spill prevention requirements or the requirements of the standard fire prevention code.

(5)

A buffer shall be maintained for a distance of 150-feet from the reservoir boundary. The allowable buffer vegetation and disturbance is specified in the reservoir management plan.

(6)

The Sherrills Creek Reservoir is owned by the Citv of Union Point and will be protected as described in the Sherrills Creek Reservoir management plan.

(Code 1998, § 16-304; Ord. of 6-21-2001, § 16-304)