Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-471(a)
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Riparian bufferRiparian bufferA strip along a stream or wetland that must be left undisturbed. width - intermittent stream or wetlands50 ft
The width of a riparian buffer abutting an intermittent stream or wetlands shall be at least 50 feet.
- Riparian bufferRiparian bufferA strip along a stream or wetland that must be left undisturbed. width - perennial stream100 ft
The width of a riparian buffer abutting a perennial stream shall be at least 100 feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from riparian bufferRiparian bufferA strip along a stream or wetland that must be left undisturbed.25 ft
No part of any structure other than those expressly allowed by section 83-471(a)(5) shall be located with 25 feet of the boundary of a riparian buffer.
From the ordinance
The width of a riparian buffer abutting a perennial stream shall be at least 100 feet. The width of a riparian buffer abutting an intermittent stream or wetlands shall be at least 50 feet.