Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Resource Protection Areas (RPA) as defined in the ordinance, including tidal wetlands, tidal shores, nontidal wetlands connected by surface flow, slopes greater than 15%, and a 100-foot buffer.
Uses
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- RPA buffer width100 ft
a 100-foot wide buffer area of vegetation that is effective in retarding runoff, preventing erosion, and filtering nonpoint source pollution from runoff shall be retained if present and established where it does not exist.
Other
- Minor WQIA threshold5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minor water quality impact assessment pertains only to land disturbance, development or redevelopment activity within a CBPA which causes no more than 5,000 square feet of land disturbance...
- Nutrient reduction40 pct
The 100-foot RPA buffer shall be deemed to achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments and a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.
- Plan of development threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any development or redevelopment exceeding 2,500 square feet of land disturbance in the CBPA shall be accomplished through a plan of development process prior to any clearing or grading of the site or the issuance of any building permit...
- Minimum caliper for replacement trees2.5 in
Replacement trees shall be a minimum two and one-half inches caliper measured six inches above the ground at the time of planting.
- Reserve sewage disposal site required
For new construction, provide a reserve sewage disposal site with a capacity at least equal to that of the primary sewage disposal site.
- Sediment reduction75 pct
The 100-foot RPA buffer shall be deemed to achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments and a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.
- Septic pump-out frequency5 years
All on-site sewage disposal systems not requiring VPDES permit shall be pumped out at least once every five years.
- Tree replacement ratio2 ratio
replacement of existing trees and other vegetation will be achieved at a ratio of two planted trees to one removed.
From the ordinance
Development within the RPA is limited to water-dependent facilities, redevelopment, a new use established pursuant to 3-1403.5.b, road or driveway crossing, or flood control or stormwater management facility.