Article VI, Sec. 32-191 et seq.
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Resource Protection Area
- Applies within
- 100 ft
- Geographic extent
- Chesapeake Bay Preservation Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it., including Resource Protection Areas (RPAs) and 100-foot buffers adjacent to tidal wetlands, tidal shores, non-tidal wetlands, and water bodies with perennial flow.
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Resource Protection Area buffer width100 ft
A 100-foot buffer area 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.
- Environmental site assessment waiver threshold5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
This requirement may be waived by the zoning administrator when the proposed use or development would result in less than 5,000 square feet of disturbed area.
Landscaping & trees
- Tree size threshold for preservation2 in
All existing trees on the site two inches or greater DBH shall be shown on the landscaping plan.
Other
- Disturbance threshold for erosion and sediment control2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any land disturbance exceeding an area of 2,500 square feet complies with all erosion and sediment control requirements.
- Stormwater facility installation deadline18 months
All required storm water management facilities or other specifications shall be installed and approved within 18 months of project commencement.
From the ordinance
The following plans or studies shall be submitted unless otherwise provided for: ... environmental site assessment ... landscaping plan ... storm water management plan ... erosion and sediment control plan.