Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all development and redevelopment within the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area.
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Environmental site assessment required
An environmental site assessment prepared by an RPA delineator, as defined, shall be submitted in conjunction with a preliminary site plan or preliminary subdivision plat approval application.
- 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 water quality impact assessment pertains only to land disturbance, development or redevelopment activity within a CBPA which causes no more than 5,000 square feet of land disturbance and/or which proposes to encroach into the landward 50 feet of the 100-foot buffer area as permitted under Section 3-1403.D.5.b.
- Replacement tree caliper2.5 in
Replacement trees shall be a minimum two and one-half inches caliper measured six inches above the ground at the time of planting.
- Stormwater management plan required
A stormwater management plan shall be submitted as part of the plan of development process required by the Virginia Stormwater Management Regulations in conjunction with site plan or subdivision plat approval.
- Tree replacement ratio2 trees per removed
replacement of existing trees and other vegetation will be achieved at a ratio of two planted trees to one removed.
From the ordinance
Any development or redevelopment exceeding 2,500 square feet of land disturbance in the CBPA shall be accomplished through a plan of development process prior to any clearing or grading of the site or the issuance of any building permit, unless the administrator determines that due to the scope and nature of the proposed development certain of the required information is unnecessary.