Section 36.712(b)(1)
Extracted standards
7 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
- Resource Protection Area restriction
Only water dependent facilities or redevelopment is allowed in Resource Protection Areas, including the 100-foot wide buffer area
Other
- Boundary survey closure10,000 ratio
field error of closure within the limit of one in ten thousand (1' in 10,000')
- Final plat scale for lots >5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.200 ft/inch
200 feet to the inch for subdivision containing lots which are more than five acres
- Final plat scale for lots <5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.100 ft/inch
scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch for subdivision containing lots any of which are less than five acres
- Reserve drainfield requirement100 pct
100% reserve drain field is required for on-site sewage treatment systems
- Septic pump out 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... 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... boundary survey shall show in a field error of closure within the limit of one in ten thousand (1' in 10,000')...