appropriate. Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainage way, channel or stream , there shall be provided a stormwater drainage easement of adequate width, but not less than eight (8) feet. Parallel streets may
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Streams
How this ordinance defines it
The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Amherst County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.
An area, usually a relatively flat or low land area adjoining a river, stream , or watercourse which is subject to partial or complete inundation; or an area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation or
Read it in the chapter →district boundaries indicated as approximately following property lines, land lot lines, centerlines of streams , streets, highways, alleys, or railroads, or the shorelines of reservoirs, or other bodies of water, or civil boundaries, shall be construed
Read it in the chapter →facility is enclosed and under roof one hundred (100) feet from a perennial stream as indicated on the 7.5 minute U.S.G.S. topographic survey maps; d. Located more than one hundred and twenty-five (125) feet from
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