Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All lands within the City that support wetlands as delineated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act.
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum off-site wetland mitigation ratio3 ratio
Off-site mitigation shall provide for a minimum mitigation ratio of 3:1 or greater and must be located within the Novato area watershed.
- Minimum on-site wetland mitigation ratio2 ratio
Any permitted development, grading, fill, excavation, or shading within a wetland shall provide for the mitigation of wetland loss at a minimum replacement ratio of 2:1 or greater
- Minimum wetland bufferRiparian bufferA strip along a stream or wetland that must be left undisturbed. width50 ft
A buffer area of a minimum of 50 feet in width shall be established to provide for undisturbed habitat adjacent to the wetland and to maintain sufficient watershed to support the wetland.
- Use Permit required within 50 feet of wetland50 ft
Use Permit approval is required for any project within 50 feet of a wetland or requiring wetland protection measures or involving wetland fill/encroachment, or requiring wetland mitigation
From the ordinance
A buffer area of a minimum of 50 feet in width shall be established to provide for undisturbed habitat adjacent to the wetland and to maintain sufficient watershed to support the wetland.