Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Chesapeake Bay preservation overlay districtOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.
Extracted standards
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Environmental
- RMA substantial alteration threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Substantial alteration. For purposes of the Chesapeake Bay preservation overlay district, any expansion or modification of a structure for development that would result in a disturbance of land exceeding an area of 2,500 square feet in the resource management area.
From the ordinance
Resource management area (RMA). Lands that if improperly used or developed, have the potential for causing significant water quality degradation... Resource protection area (RPA). That component of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area CBPA comprised of lands adjacent to water bodies with perennial flow...