22.130.030 - Definitions of Specialized Terms and Phrases
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Stream Conservation Area
- Applies within
- 100 ft
- Geographic extent
- Stream Conservation Area along all natural watercourses shown as a solid or dashed blue line on the most recent appropriate USGS topographic quadrangle map, or along all watercourses supporting riparian vegetation for a length of 100 feet or more, and/or supports special-status species and/or a sensitive natural community type.
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Stream Conservation Area buffer100 ft
The Stream Conservation Area consists of the watercourse itself between the stream tops of banks and a strip of land extending laterally outward on each side from the top of bank that is the width greater of either: 1. 50 feet landward from the outer edge of woody riparian vegetation associated with the stream; and/or 2. 100 feet landward from the top of bank.
- Stream Conservation Area buffer from woody riparian vegetation50 ft
50 feet landward from the outer edge of woody riparian vegetation associated with the stream
- Stream Conservation Area buffer for qualifying ephemeral streams100 ft
The Stream Conservation Area applies to ephemeral streams that: 1. Support riparian vegetation for a length of 100 feet or more; and/or 2. Support special-status species and/or sensitive natural community type, such as native grasslands, regardless of the extent of riparian vegetation associated with the stream.
- Minimum buffer for non-qualifying ephemeral streams20 ft
Except for ephemeral streams within the SGV combining district, a minimum 20-foot buffer should be required for those ephemeral streams that do not meet these criteria.
- SCA measurement for ephemeral streams in SGV
Within the SGV combining district, the Stream Conservation Area is measured from the centerline of the swale for ephemeral streams with no clear top of bank as shown in Figure 8-9.
From the ordinance
The Stream Conservation Area consists of the watercourse itself between the stream tops of banks and a strip of land extending laterally outward on each side from the top of bank that is the width greater of either: 1. 50 feet landward from the outer edge of woody riparian vegetation associated with the stream; and/or 2. 100 feet landward from the top of bank.