Warsaw, Virginia · General provision
Section 3-5 (Buffer Area)
Resource ProtectionAll Warsaw districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- RPA buffer areas along tributary streams and landward of other RPA components
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Standard buffer width100 ft
The 100-foot buffer area shall be deemed to achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments and a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.
- Minimum agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. buffer width with conservation plan25 ft
To a minimum width of 25 feet when a soil and water quality conservation plan ... has been implemented
- Minimum reduced buffer width with BMPs50 ft
A combination of a buffer area not less than 50 feet in width and appropriate best management practices ... may be employed in lieu of the 100-foot buffer
- Required nutrient reduction40 pct
a 40 percent reduction of nutrients
- Required sediment reduction75 pct
achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments
- Vegetation removal restrictions
Indigenous vegetation may be removed only to provide for reasonable sight lines, access paths, general woodlot management, and best management practices
From the ordinance
The 100-foot buffer area shall be deemed to achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments and a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.