Accomack County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 106-235
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Buffer strips
Maintain buffer strips of natural vegetation along all water bodies, water courses, and drainageways to reduce runoff rates and trap pollutants carried by runoff.
- ImperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. surface threshold5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
For any commercial or industrial development which creates five acres or more of impervious surface...
- Runoff release rate
The release rate and pollutant loading of stormwater runoff from development shall not exceed the stormwater runoff rate and pollutant loading from the land area in its present state of use or development.
- Subdivision lot threshold50 lots
or any subdivision which creates 50 or more lots...
From the ordinance
For any commercial or industrial development which creates five acres or more of impervious surface, or any subdivision which creates 50 or more lots, a resource quality protection plan must be submitted and approved before a plat is recorded, land is subdivided, or a building permit issued.