Section 5-2-1
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All land within King George County is designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area (CBPA) and is either classified as a Resource Protection Area (RPA) or a Resource Management Area (RMA).
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Buffer encroachment landward limit (agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them.)75 ft
Agricultural activities may encroach within the landward 75 feet of the 100-foot-wide buffer area when Agricultural Best Management Practices, which address erosion control, nutrient management, and pest chemical control, are being implemented on the adjacent land.
- Buffer encroachment seaward limit50 ft
The encroachment may not extend into the seaward 50 feet of the buffer area.
- Buffer nutrient reduction40 pct
The 100-foot buffer area shall be deemed to achieve a 75% reduction of sediments and a 40% reduction of nutrients.
- Buffer sediment reduction75 pct
The 100-foot buffer area shall be deemed to achieve a 75% reduction of sediments and a 40% reduction of nutrients.
- RPA buffer width100 ft
a 100-foot buffer area of vegetation that is effective in retarding runoff, preventing erosion, and filtering non-point source pollution from runoff shall be retained if present and established where it does not exist.
- Land disturbance threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All development and redevelopment equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet of land disturbance shall be subject to a plan of development process
- Reserve sewage disposal site required
A reserve sewage disposal site with a capacity at least equal to that of the primary sewage disposal site shall be provided
- Septic pump-out frequency5 years
provide written proof to the King George County Administrator that the system has been pumped by a licensed septic hauler on a form and in the manner set forth by the Administrator at least once every five years.
- Tree preservation size6 in
Existing trees over 6 inches diameter breast height (DBH) located outside of the construction footprint shall be preserved.
- Tree protection barrier distance5 ft
suitable protective barriers, such as safety fencing, shall be erected 5 ft. outside of the dripline of any tree or stand of trees to be preserved.
From the ordinance
All area within the County (CPBA) is either designated as a Resource Protection Area (RPA) or as a Resource Management Area (RMA).