Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Resource Protection Area as shown on Chesapeake Bay Preservation Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. map
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Buffer effectiveness
The 100-foot wide buffer area shall be deemed to achieve a seventy-five (75) percent reduction of sediments and a forty (40) percent reduction of nutrients.
- Mitigation required for new imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. area or vegetation removal
All permitted development, redevelopment, and land disturbing in the RPA that results in new impervious area or removal of indigenous vegetation shall provide mitigation consistent with the requirements of a minor water quality impact assessment unless a major water quality impact assessment is required.
- Permitted encroachments in RPA
Land development, redevelopment, and land disturbing may be allowed in the RPA only if it is one or more of the following permitted encroachments: water-dependent facility, redevelopment, new use on pre-existing lot, road/driveway crossing, flood control/stormwater management facilities.
- RPA buffer width100 ft
The 100-foot wide RPA buffer area shall be the landward component of the RPA... The 100-foot wide buffer area is not to be reduced in width.
- Structure encroachment permit required
A structure encroachment permit as described in article II of chapter 33.3 of the city code is required for any structure or impervious area in the RPA buffer area.
From the ordinance
The 100-foot wide RPA buffer area shall be the landward component of the RPA as defined in Chapter 2 of the Zoning Ordinance...