Article 22, § 175-22.7

Other

• AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. pollution reduction40 pct

  Achieve a forty-percent reduction in non-point source pollution from agricultural activities.

• Environmental site assessment required

  An environmental site assessment shall be submitted when necessary for purposes of delineating the components of the resource protection area including water bodies with perennial flow on the site.

• Preserve indigenous vegetation

  Indigenous vegetation shall be preserved to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the use or development proposed.

• Landscape plan required

  A landscape plan shall be submitted with the required site plan to determine the extent of proposed clearing and grading and the types and extent of existing and proposed vegetation on the site.

• Major water quality impact assessment threshold5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Is located within the RMA and exceeds 5,000 square feet of land disturbance, when such assessment is required by the Administrator.

• Minimize land disturbance

  No more land shall be disturbed than is necessary to provide for the proposed use or development.

• New development pollution prevention0 net increase

  Prevent a net increase in non-point source pollution from new development.

• Nutrient removal requirement40 pct

  A major water quality impact assessment must demonstrate through acceptable calculations that the remaining buffer area and the necessary best management practices will result in removal of no less than 75% of sediments and 40% of nutrients from post development stormwater runoff.

• Plan of development threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Any development or redevelopment exceeding 2,500 square feet of land disturbance within the Overlay District shall be subject to the plan of development review and approval process.

• Preserve existing trees over 6 inches DBH6 in

  Existing trees over six inches diameter at breast height (DBH) shall be preserved outside the construction footprint.

• Redevelopment pollution reduction10 pct

  Achieve a ten-percent reduction in non-point source pollution from redevelopment.

• Minimum DBH for replacement trees1.5 in

  Replacement trees shall be a minimum 1.5 inches DBH at the time of planting.

• Tree replacement ratio2 ratio

  Replacement of existing trees and other vegetation shall be achieved at a ratio of two planted trees to one removed.

• Resource Management Area minimum width150 ft

  The RMA shall never be less than 150 feet in width landward of the inland boundary of the RPA.

• Resource Protection Area buffer width100 ft

  A one-hundred-foot buffer area located adjacent to and landward of the components listed in Subsection B(1) through (3) above, and along both sides of any water body with perennial flow.

• Seaward 50 feet of buffer protected50 ft

  Proposes any encroachment into the seaward 50 feet of the one-hundred-foot buffer area component of the RPA.

• Sediment removal requirement75 pct

  A major water quality impact assessment must demonstrate through acceptable calculations that the remaining buffer area and the necessary best management practices will result in removal of no less than 75% of sediments and 40% of nutrients from post development stormwater runoff.

• Single construction access point1 access point

  Ingress and egress during construction shall be limited to one access point, unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator.

• Stormwater management plan required

  A stormwater management plan shall be submitted as an element of the plan of development process for purposes of determining the amount of stormwater runoff and the required locations and sizes of stormwater structures and/or management practices necessary to control run-off.