Sec. 21-817(b), 21-818(a), 21-821(d)
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- water bodies with perennial flow
- Geographic extent
- Areas adjacent to tidal wetlands, nontidal wetlands, tidal shores, and other sensitive lands, plus a 100-foot buffer landward of these features and along both sides of any water body with perennial flow.
Uses
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Buffer encroachment limit50 ft
The encroachment may not extend into the lower (seaward) 50 feet of the buffer area.
- Land disturbance threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All development, redevelopment, and land disturbance greater than 2,500 square feet shall be subject to Article VII of this chapter, Site Plans; ...
- Minimize land disturbance
No more land shall be disturbed than is necessary to provide for the proposed use or development.
- Preserve indigenous vegetation
Indigenous vegetation shall be preserved to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the use or development proposed.
- Redevelopment imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover0 pct
Redevelopment shall be permitted in the resource protection area only if there is no increase in the amount of impervious cover and no further encroachment within the resource protection area.
- RPA buffer width100 ft
A 100-foot buffer area located adjacent to and landward of the components listed in subsections (b)(1) through (4) above, and along both sides of any water body with perennial flow.
- Stormwater management
For any development proposal, except as noted below, the development proposal shall comply with section 7-21, technical criteria for regulated land-disturbing activities.
- Water quality impact assessment
A water quality impact assessment ... shall be required for any proposed development or redevelopment within an RPA or RMA or any land disturbance within an RPA.
From the ordinance
The resource protection area includes: ... A 100-foot buffer area located adjacent to and landward of the components listed in subsections (b)(1) through (4) above, and along both sides of any water body with perennial flow. Development is allowed in the resource protection areas, subject to approval by the zoning administrator, only if it: a. Is water dependent; b. Constitutes redevelopment; ...