Section 36.266, 36.267
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all lands identified as CBPAs as designated by the Essex County Board of Supervisors and as shown on the OverlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. CBPA Map adopted on October 22, 1991. Includes Resource Protection Areas (RPAs) and Resource Management Areas (RMAs).
Extracted standards
22 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Landscape plan waiver threshold10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The Administrator may waive the requirements of the landscape and clearing plan if the proposed clearing and/or grading is less than ten thousand (10,000) feet.
- Minimum replacement tree DBH2.5 in
Replacement trees shall be a minimum of two and one-half (2.5) inches DBH at the time of planting.
- Tree inventory DBH threshold6 in
All existing trees on the site six (6) inches or greater diameter at breast height (DBH) shall be shown on the landscape and clearing plan.
- Tree replacement ratio
replacement of existing trees and other vegetation will be achieved at a ratio of two (2) planted trees to one (1) removed.
Other
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. buffer encroachment (extended)75 ft
Agriculture activities may encroach within the landward seventy-five (75) feet of the 100-foot wide buffer area...
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. buffer encroachment (landward)50 ft
Agricultural activities may encroach into the landward fifty (50) feet of the 100-foot wide buffer area...
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. noncompliance correction deadline18 months
The local government shall require the landowner to correct the problems within a specified period of time not to exceed 18 months...
- Buffer encroachment seaward limit50 ft
the encroachment may not extend into the seaward fifty (50) feet of the buffer area.
- Buffer pollutant reduction
The 100-foot buffer area shall be deemed to achieve a seventy-five (75) percent reduction of sediments and a forty (40) percent reduction of nutrients.
- Minimum reduced buffer width50 ft
In no case shall the reduced portion of the buffer area be less than fifty (50) feet in width...
- RPA buffer width100 ft
A vegetated buffer area not less than 100 feet in width located adjacent to and landward of the components listed above...
- Erosion and sediment control threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
any land disturbing activity exceeding two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet including construction of all single-family houses, septic tanks and drain fields, shall comply with the requirements of Essex County Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance.
- ImperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. surface prohibition on sewage site
Building or construction of any impervious surface shall be prohibited on the area of all sewage disposal sites until the development is served by public sewer...
- Major WQIA threshold5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A major WQIA shall be required for any development that: 1. Exceeds five thousand (5,000) square feet of land disturbance within CPBAs...
- 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 WQIA pertains only to development with CBPAs which causes no more than five thousand (5,000) square feet of land disturbance...
- Plan of development threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All development and redevelopment exceeding two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of land disturbance shall be subject to a plan of development process...
- Reserve sewage disposal site required
A reserve sewage disposal site with a capacity at least equal to that of the primary sewage disposal site shall be provided on each lot or parcel proposed for new construction.
- Septic pump-out frequency5 years
Systems shall be pumped out at least once every five years...
- Stormwater facility installation deadline18 months
All required stormwater management facilities or other specifications shall be installed and approved within eighteen (18) months of project commencement.
- Stormwater plan waiver lot size1 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The Administrator may waive the requirements of the stormwater management plan when development is for single-family residence... on a lot or parcel one (1) acre or larger in size.
- WQIA threshold for imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover60 pct
or that results in sixty (60) percent or more impervious cover on the lot or parcel being developed.
- WQIA threshold in RMA (acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)50 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A WQIA shall be required for any proposed development or redevelopment or land disturbance within RPAs and any development within the RMA that involves more than fifty (50) acres...
From the ordinance
This district shall be in addition to and shall overlay all other zoning districts where they are applied...