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Article 11 Environmental Standards
11-22 Activities Allowed Within Buffers
Wake County Unified Development Code
11-7
(13)
trenches are backfilled with the excavated material immediately following line
installation.
(H)
Pedestrian, bikeway, equestrian, golf cart, and other recreation trails (public or private),
provided:
(1)
no alternative to their location in the buffers exists
(2)
a trail crossing the buffer is combined with other permitted buffer crossings where
practicable;
(3)
buffer disturbance is no more than 20 feet wide (unless otherwise approved by the
Department of Environmental Services);
(4)
the trail is no more than 12 feet wide;
(5)
a trail crossing the buffer does so at an angle as close to 90 degrees as possible (and
not less than 60 degrees); and
(6)
a trail running linearly within the buffer must be located, where possible, in the outer
20 feet of the buffer and in no instances may such trail be closer than 10 feet to the
edge of the lake, pond, river, stream or drainageway
(I)
Railroad crossings, provided:
(1)
no alternative to their location in the buffer exists;
(2)
buffer disturbance is not more than 60 feet wide; and
(3)
buffer disturbance is no more than 6,000 square feet in area (this area of disturbance
may occur on “both” sides of the buffer).
(J)
Removal of previous fill or debris, provided:
(1)
diffuse flow is maintained; and
(2)
any vegetation removed is restored with vegetation of comparable assimilative
capacity
(K)
Road crossings (public or private roads), provided:
(1)
no alternative to their location in the buffer exists;
(2)
buffer disturbance does not extend beyond the required right-of-way or easement
width, or in no case is more than 90 feet wide;
(3)
buffer disturbance is no more than 9,000 square feet in area (this area of disturbance
may occur on “both” sides of the buffer);
(4)
the road crosses the buffer at an angle as close to 90 degrees as possible (and not less
than 60 degrees);