Division 5, Sections 36.265-36.276
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Chesapeake Bay
- Geographic extent
- Applies to Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas including Resource Protection Areas (RPA) and Resource Management Areas (RMA) as defined in the ordinance.
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Land disturbance threshold for erosion control2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any land disturbance exceeding an area of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet complies with the requirements for the Essex County Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance.
Construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of electric, natural gas, and telephone transmission lines, Cable TV, railroads, and public roads ... are exempt.
- RMA exemption distance from RPA500 ft
There is no RPA ... located on or within five hundred (500) feet of any portion of the lot or parcel
Silvicultural activities are exempt from the requirements of the Article provided that silvicultural operations adhere to water quality protection procedures prescribed by the Department of Forestry.
- Steep slopeSteep slopeGround above a stated gradient, where building is restricted or barred. threshold for RMA25 pct
Steep slopes greater than twenty-five (25) percent
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. requires WQIA
The request for an exception shall identify the impacts of the proposed exception on water quality and on lands within the RPA through the performance of a WQIA.
From the ordinance
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District. Exemptions from RMA require no RPA within 500 feet. Land disturbance exceeding 2,500 sq ft must comply with erosion control.