Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- water bodies with perennial flow, tidal wetlands, tidal shores, slopes >15%
- Applies within
- 100 ft
- Geographic extent
- RPA includes tidal wetlands, tidal shores, nontidal wetlands connected by surface flow, slopes greater than 15%, and a 100-foot buffer adjacent to these features and water bodies with perennial flow.
Uses
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
From the ordinance
Development within the RPA is limited to water-dependent facilities, redevelopment, a new use established pursuant to 3-1403.5.b of this section, is a road or driveway crossing satisfying the conditions set forth in subdivision 4 of this section, or is a flood control or stormwater management facility satisfying the conditions set forth in subdivision 5 of this section.