Sec. 32-504.05 to 32-504.18
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Chesapeake Bay
- Geographic extent
- Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. as shown on adopted map
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. encroachment into buffer (50 ft)50 ft
Agricultural activities may encroach into the landward 50 feet of the 100-foot wide buffer area when at least one agricultural best management practice...
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. encroachment into buffer (75 ft)75 ft
Agricultural activities may encroach within the landward 75 feet of the 100-foot wide buffer area when agricultural best management practices...
- Land disturbing permit threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any person contemplating any land disturbing activity or grading ... that exceeds an area of 2,500 square feet on land designated as resource protection area or a resource management area ... shall first submit for review and approval appropriate studies...
- Performance standards per Design and Construction Standards Manual
All development or redevelopment in the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District shall comply with the performance standards set out therefor in the Design and Construction Standards Manual.
- RPA buffer width100 ft
Buffer area consists of 100-foot wide area of natural or established vegetation adjacent to stream or core RPA components.
From the ordinance
Buffer area consists of 100-foot wide area of natural or established vegetation adjacent to stream or core RPA components.