Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- water bodies with perennial flow
- Applies within
- 100 ft
- Geographic extent
- Lands adjacent to water bodies with perennial flow, tidal wetlands, nontidal wetlands, tidal shores, and a 100-foot buffer landward of these components.
Uses
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Seaward 50 feet of buffer no encroachment50 ft
The encroachment may not extend into the seaward 50 feet of the buffer area.
- No increase in imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover for redevelopment
Redevelopment shall be permitted only if there is no increase in the amount of impervious cover.
- Minimize land disturbance
No more land shall be disturbed than is necessary to provide for the proposed use or development.
- Minimize imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover
All land development shall minimize impervious cover consistent with the use or development proposed.
- Nutrient reduction40 pct
The 100-foot RPA buffer shall be deemed to achieve a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.
- Preserve indigenous vegetation
Indigenous vegetation shall be preserved to the maximum extent practicable.
- 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.
- RPA buffer width100 ft
A buffer area not less than 100 feet in width located adjacent to and landward of the components.
- Sediment reduction75 pct
The 100-foot RPA buffer shall be deemed to achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments.
- 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.
- Threshold for subdivision ordinance2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All development and redevelopment exceeding 2,500 square feet shall be subject to applicable provisions of the Subdivision Ordinance.
- Water quality impact assessment required
A water quality impact assessment shall be required for any proposed land disturbance.
- Wetlands permits required before gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume.
Prior to initiating grading, all wetlands permits required by federal, state and local laws shall be obtained.
From the ordinance
A buffer area not less than 100 feet in width located adjacent to and landward of the components listed in subsections A.1. through 4.