Sec. 24-5803
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Chesapeake Bay
- Geographic extent
- Applies to Resource Protection Areas (RPAs) and Resource Management Areas (RMAs) as defined in the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act.
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Buffer encroachment rules
Encroachments into the buffer area may be allowed by the County Engineer in accordance with criteria
- Buffer maintenance
In order to maintain the functional value of the buffer, indigenous vegetation may be removed with the approval of the County Engineer only to provide for reasonable sight lines, access paths, general woodlot management and BMPs
- RPA buffer width100 ft
The 100-foot-wide buffer area will be the landward component of the RPA.
- Land disturbance threshold for approval2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All development of 2,500 square feet or more of land disturbance must obtain approval
- Redevelopment imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover
no increase in the amount of impervious cover within the RPA
- Reserve sewage disposal site required
any individual onsite sewage disposal system not requiring a VPDES permit must have a reserve sewage disposal site
- Soil and water quality conservation assessment required
Land upon which agricultural activities are being conducted... must have a soil and water quality conservation assessment
- Wetlands permit required
The County Engineer will require evidence that all wetlands permits required by law are obtained
From the ordinance
There must be no development in RPAs unless permitted by the zoning district(s) of the lot and unless development is limited to...