Sec. 3-1403, 3-1404, 3-1405, 3-1406, 3-1407, 3-1408, 3-1409, 3-1410
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area
- Geographic extent
- Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area (CBPA), including Resource Protection Areas (RPA) and Resource Management Areas (RMA)
Extracted standards
23 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Base flood definition1 pct annual chance
The flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
Other
- Erosion and sediment control plan required
An erosion and sediment control plan in accordance with the Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance for Surry County.
- Landscape plan required
No clearing or grading of any lot or parcel shall be permitted without an approved landscape plan.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure size600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory structures not to exceed 600 square feet.
- No increase in imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover for redevelopment0 pct
Redevelopment shall be permitted only if there is no increase in the amount of impervious cover and no further encroachment within the RPA
- Land disturbance threshold for major water quality impact assessment5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A major water quality impact assessment shall be required for any development which (i) exceeds 5,000 square feet of land disturbance within CBPAs
- Land disturbance threshold for minor water quality impact assessment5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minor water quality impact assessment pertains only to land disturbance, development or redevelopment activity within a CBPA which causes no more than 5,000 square feet of land disturbance
- Land disturbance threshold for plan of development2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any development or redevelopment exceeding 2,500 square feet of land disturbance in the CBPA shall be accomplished through a plan of development process
- Land disturbance threshold for water quality impact assessment2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A water quality impact assessment in accordance with 3-1405.F of this section shall be required for any proposed land disturbance.
- Minimum replacement tree caliper2.5 in
Replacement trees shall be a minimum two and one-half inches caliper measured six inches above the ground at the time of planting.
- Reserve sewage disposal site required for new construction
For new construction, provide a reserve sewage disposal site with a capacity at least equal to that of the primary sewage disposal site.
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. encroachment into landward 50 feet of buffer50 ft
Agricultural activities may encroach into the landward 50 feet of the 100-foot wide buffer area when at least one agricultural best management practice...
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. encroachment into landward 75 feet of buffer75 ft
Agricultural activities may encroach within the landward 75 feet of the 100-foot wide buffer area when agricultural best management practices which address erosion control, nutrient management, and pest chemical control, are being implemented on the adjacent land.
- RPA buffer nutrient reduction40 pct
The 100-foot RPA buffer shall be deemed to achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments and a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.
- Encroachment into seaward 50 feet of buffer prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The encroachment may not extend into the seaward 50 feet of the buffer area.
- RPA buffer sediment reduction75 pct
The 100-foot RPA buffer shall be deemed to achieve a 75 percent reduction of sediments and a 40 percent reduction of nutrients.
- RPA buffer width100 ft
a 100-foot wide buffer area of vegetation that is effective in retarding runoff, preventing erosion, and filtering nonpoint source pollution from runoff shall be retained if present and established where it does not exist.
- Septic tank pump-out frequency5 years
All on-site sewage disposal systems not requiring VPDES permit shall be pumped out at least once every five years.
- Slope threshold for environmental site assessment15 pct
Slopes greater than 15 percent
- Stormwater management plan required
A stormwater management plan shall be submitted as part of the plan of development process
- Stormwater plan exemption for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. homes16 pct
This submittal is not required for individual one- and two-family homes located on lots one acre or greater in size if the impervious cover is 16 percent or less of the total site area.
- Tree replacement ratio2 trees per tree removed
replacement of existing trees and other vegetation will be achieved at a ratio of two planted trees to one removed.
- Wetlands permits required before gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume.
Prior to initiating grading or other on-site land disturbing activities on any portion of a lot or parcel, all wetlands permits required by federal, state and local laws and regulations shall be obtained
From the ordinance
Development within the RPA is limited to water-dependent facilities, redevelopment, a new use established pursuant to 3-1403.5.b...