Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Roanoke River and tributaries
- 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
- Buffer boundary marking
The riparian buffer boundaries shall be clearly marked on-site prior to any land disturbing activities, and shall remain marked until all land disturbing activity has been completed.
- 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.
- No clearing, gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume., or fillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume.
no vegetation may be cleared or otherwise significantly disturbed... no grading or excavation work may be performed, and no fill or other materials may be placed except as shown on the approved Erosion and Sediment Control Plan.
- 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 preservation
indigenous vegetation shall be preserved to the maximum extent possible.
From the ordinance
Within the RCC Overlay District, 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.