Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- water bodies with perennial flow
- Applies within
- 100 ft
- Geographic extent
- Areas within the CBPA that include tidal wetlands, tidal shores, nontidal wetlands connected by surface flow, and a 100-foot buffer adjacent to these features and water bodies with perennial flow.
Uses
Permitted by right4
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Access to water-dependent facility minimized
Access to the water-dependent facility is provided with the minimum disturbance necessary, and where practical, a single point of access is provided.
- Buffer reduction requirements
The buffer area will achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments and a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.
- RPA buffer width100 ft
A buffer area of 100 feet (measured from top of bank) located adjacent to and landward of the components listed in subsections (1) through (3) above and along both sides of any water body with perennial flow.
- No further encroachment within the RPA
There is no further encroachment within the RPA
- No increase in imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. surface cover
There is no increase in impervious surface cover
- No increase in structure footprint for repair
Repair and maintenance of existing piers, walkways, observation decks, wildlife management shelters, boathouses, and other similar water-related structures provided that there is no increase in structure footprint and that any required excavating and filling results in a land-disturbing activity of 2,500 square feet or less
- Non-water-dependent component located outside RPA
Any non-water-dependent component is located outside of the RPA
- Water quality impact assessment may be required
A water quality impact assessment may be required by the director of T&ES in accordance with section 13-117 if the project is located within an environmentally sensitive area, or is of sufficient scale to affect water quality.
From the ordinance
The following are permitted within the RPA provided they do not require development, redevelopment, structures, grading, fill, draining, or dredging: (1) Conservation or preservation of soil, water, vegetation, fish, shellfish, and other wildlife; (2) Passive recreational activities... (3) Educational activities and scientific research.