Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all development and redevelopment within the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area (CBPA).
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Building prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. without sewage disposal
Building shall be prohibited on the area of all sewage disposal sites until the structure is served by public sewer or an on-site sewage treatment system which operates under a permit issued by the State Water Control Board.
- 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.
- Limit land disturbance
No more land shall be disturbed than is necessary to provide for the proposed use or development.
- Minimize imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover
All land development shall minimize impervious cover consistent with the use or development proposed.
- Preserve indigenous vegetation
Indigenous vegetation shall be preserved to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the use or development proposed.
- Reserve sewage disposal site required
For new construction, provide a reserve sewage disposal site with a capacity at least equal to that of the primary sewage disposal site.
- 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.
From the ordinance
No more land shall be disturbed than is necessary to provide for the proposed use or development.