Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Roanoke River and tributaries
- Applies within
- 50 ft
- Geographic extent
- Properties abutting the banks of the Roanoke River or its unenclosed tributaries
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Riparian bufferRiparian bufferA strip along a stream or wetland that must be left undisturbed. width50 ft
A riparian buffer shall be established and shall consist of all land adjacent to, and fifty (50) feet landward from, the top of the banks of the Roanoke River or the applicable tributary.
- Permitted buffer impacts
Maintenance activities, emergency debris removal, linear utility lines, public passive recreation uses, individual pedestrian paths, and historic preservation are permitted within the buffer.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. uses in buffer
No principal or accessory uses or structures shall be permitted within the area of the required riparian buffer.
- Vegetation clearing restrictions
Within the required riparian buffer area, no vegetation may be cleared or otherwise significantly disturbed, except for limited sight lines and vistas, and removal of dead, diseased, or dying trees.
- Vegetation retention
A fifty-foot buffer area of vegetation that is effective in retarding runoff, preventing erosion, and filtering nonpoint source pollution shall be retained and maintained if present, and where it does not exist, shall be established.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the River and Creek Corridors Overlay District (RCC) is to recognize the Roanoke River and its tributaries as valuable water resources...