Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all land-disturbing activities within the Town of Tappahannock, Virginia.
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Bond release time60 days
Within 60 days of the adequate stabilization of the land-disturbing activity, such bond... shall be refunded.
- Certified plan reviewer required
an erosion control plan shall not be approved until it is reviewed by a certified plan reviewer.
- Maximum civil penalty2,000 dollars
civil penalty not to exceed $2,000.00 for each violation.
- Maximum exempt disturbed area inside Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Disturbed land areas of less than 2,500 square feet in size within the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area are exempt.
- Maximum exempt disturbed area outside Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Disturbed land areas of less than 10,000 square feet in size outside the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area are exempt.
- Maximum fee1,000 dollars
Fees shall not exceed $1,000.00.
- Maximum fine1,000 dollars
fine not exceeding $1,000.00 or 30 days imprisonment.
- Performance bond required
The Administrator, prior to the approval of any erosion and sedimentation control plan shall require of the applicant a reasonable performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, or combination thereof.
- Plan approval time45 days
The Administrator shall, within 45 days, approve any erosion and sediment control plan.
From the ordinance
No person shall engage in any land-disturbing activity until an approved erosion and sediment control plan or agreement in lieu of a plan has been obtained from the plan-approving authority.