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Article 11 Environmental Standards
11-22 Activities Allowed Within Buffers
Wake County Unified Development Code
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Commentary: The State of North Carolina does not recognize pervious pavements as a Best Management Practice. Therefore, it
cannot be credited as pervious area, although the county continues to encourage the use of pervious paving materials and/or
dual ribbon design.
(G)
Utility lines, provided:
(1)
no alternative to their location in the buffer exists;
(2)
a line crossing the buffer is combined with other permitted buffer crossings where
practicable;
(3)
buffer disturbance is not more than 40 feet wide;
(4)
woody vegetation is removed by hand (no land grubbing or grading);
(5)
vegetative root systems and stumps from cut trees are retained;
(6)
no rip rap is used unless necessary to stabilize a pole or tower;
(7)
active measures are taken after construction and during routine maintenance to ensure
diffuse flow of stormwater through the buffer;
(8)
mats are used to minimize soil disturbance (in wetlands);
(9)
poles or towers are not installed within 10 feet of the lake, pond, river, stream, or
drainageway;
(10)
the area within 10 feet of the lake, pond, river, stream, or drainageway is managed so
that only vegetation posing a hazard or with a potential to grow tall enough to
interfere with the line is removed;
(11)
construction activities minimize removal of woody vegetation, the extent of disturbed
area, and the time during which areas remain in a disturbed state;
(12)
cables are installed by vibratory plow or trenching; and