§ 165-85.1

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• Buffer reduction for sewage disposal systems50 ft

  Buffer is reduced to 50 feet for perennial streams not located within the special flood hazard area (SFHA) ... for the purpose of locating, installing, or repairing a sewage disposal system only.

• Buffer vegetation maintenance required

  the buffer shall be maintained in natural or established vegetation managed to protect streams from significant degradation

• Compliance with floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. regulations required

  All development permitted under this section shall also comply with the provisions of Article XVI, Floodplain Regulations.

• Minimum buffer width after modification50 ft

  The buffer area shall not be reduced to less than 50 feet in width.

• Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when reduced for buffer35 ft

  Front yards may be reduced to a minimum of 35 feet

• Minimum side/rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures when reduced5 ft

  or below five feet for accessory structures

• Minimum side/rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for principal structures when reduced10 ft

  said yards may not be reduced to below 10 feet for principle structures

• Recreation path setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from stream50 ft

  must be located at least 50 feet from the stream

• Land disturbance threshold requiring sediment control2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Any land disturbance for development exceeding an area of 2,500 square feet within the one-hundred-foot buffer shall comply with the provisions of the Sediment and Erosion Control Ordinance.

• Site plan required for development within buffer

  Any development within the one-hundred-foot buffer shall require the submission of a site plan in accordance with Article XIV of this chapter.

• Stream bufferRiparian bufferA strip along a stream or wetland that must be left undisturbed. width100 ft

  one-hundred-foot buffer