Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 36.712

Extracted standards

9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Environmental

  • Chesapeake Bay buffer restriction

    No land disturbance or vegetation removal is allowed in the Chesapeake Bay buffer area without review and approval by the Zoning Administrator

  • RPA water-dependent use only

    Only water dependent facilities or redevelopment is allowed in Resource Protection Areas, including the 100-foot wide buffer area.

Other

  • or 200 feet to the inch for subdivision containing lots which are more than five acres

  • at a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch for subdivision containing lots any of which are less than five acres

  • Plat sheet size

    Sheets shall be sixteen by twenty-four inches (16" x 24"), including a margin of one-half inch (½") outside ruled border lines at top, bottom and right sides, and one and one-half inch (1½") for binding on the left sixteen-inch (16") end.

  • Show curve data

    The data of all curves along the street frontage shall be shown in detail at the curve or in a curve data table containing the following: delta, radius, are length, tangent length, chord length, and chord bearings.

  • Delineate RPA/RMA boundaries

    Delineation of RPA boundary, required buffer areas, RMA wetlands, and RMA boundary.

  • Reserve drainfield requirement100 pct

    100% reserve drain field is required for on-site sewage treatment systems

  • Septic pump frequency5 years

    On-site septic systems must be pumped out every five years, or a certification must be submitted by a sewage handler permitted by the Virginia Department of Health that the septic system has been inspected, is functioning properly, and the tank does not need to have the solids pumped out

From the ordinance

The subdivider shall submit to the Agent 12 prints and one digital drawing drawn with waterproof non-fading black ink, at a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch for subdivision containing lots any of which are less than five acres or 200 feet to the inch for subdivision containing lots which are more than five acres.
Section 36.712