Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All land within the corporate boundaries of the town.
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. included in RMA
The 100-year floodplain
Other
- No encroachment into seaward 50 feet of buffer50 ft
The encroachment may not extend into the seaward 50 feet of the buffer area.
- Buffer nutrient reduction40 pct
The 100-foot buffer area shall be deemed to achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments and a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.
- Buffer sediment reduction75 pct
The 100-foot buffer area shall be deemed to achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments and a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.
- Resource protection area buffer width100 ft
a 100-foot wide buffer area of vegetation that is effective in retarding runoff, preventing erosion, and filtering non-point source pollution from runoff shall be retained if present and established where it does not exist.
- Minimize imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover
Land development shall minimize impervious cover consistent with the proposed use or development.
- Plan of development threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All development and redevelopment that exceeds 2,500 square feet of land disturbance shall be subject to a plan of development
- Redevelopment pollutant load reduction10 pct
For redevelopment, the non-point source pollution load shall be reduced by at least ten percent.
- Sewer connection required
On-site sewage treatment systems not permitted. All development within the town will require HRSD approval and hookup to the sewer system.
- Slope threshold for RMA15 pct
Slopes in excess of 15 percent.
- Stormwater best management practices
For any use or development, stormwater runoff shall be controlled by the use of best management practices consistent with the water quality protection provisions of the Virginia Stormwater Management Regulations
- Tree preservation threshold4 in
Existing trees over four inches diameter at breast height (DBH) shall be preserved outside the approved construction footprint.
- Tree replacement ratio2 ratio
All trees removed without approval of the zoning administrator shall be replaced on a basis of two replacement trees for every one removed.
From the ordinance
All development or redevelopment of land in the resource protection areas (RPA) and resource management areas (RMA) shall meet the following performance standards: