Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All land in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas (CBPAs) as designated on the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas map adopted February 10, 2004, as amended.
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Buffer Encroachment Conditions
The 100-foot RPA buffer may be encroached upon under certain circumstances, including for lots recorded before October 1, 1989, with administrative waiver.
- ImperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. Surface Minimization
Development shall minimize impervious surface consistent with the proposed use or development.
- Land Disturbance Threshold for Site Plan Approval2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All development and redevelopment within RMAs and RPAs that exceed 2,500 square feet of land disturbance shall be subject to approval by the reviewing authority through the submission of a site plan.
- Resource Protection Area Buffer Width100 ft
a buffer area not less than 100 feet in width that is (i) along each side of any water body with perennial flow and (ii) located adjacent to and landward of nontidal wetlands.
- Water Quality Impact Assessment Required
A water quality impact assessment shall be required for any proposed land disturbance, development or redevelopment activity within the RPA.
From the ordinance
The RPA shall consist of: ... a buffer area not less than 100 feet in width that is (i) along each side of any water body with perennial flow and (ii) located adjacent to and landward of nontidal wetlands.