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Article 3 Zoning Districts
3-73 RCOD-2, Resource Conservation Overlay District 2
Wake County Unified Development Code
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additional stormwater runoff control measures for projects which are
complying with this section if stormwater runoff from the site will cause
adverse effects on other properties including without limitation public streets,
greenway, and utility easements.
(B) Location and Width of Special Watershed Buffers
The location and width of the special watershed buffer must be maintained as shown
below:
(1) General
(a)
In the event of conflict with other applicable regulations, the more restrictive
regulation will govern.
(b)
Some streams may require both special watershed buffers and Neuse River
riparian buffers.
(2) Perennial Streams
(a)
A special watershed buffer with a minimum width of 100 feet must be
provided along each side of a stream shown as a perennial stream from the
1999 Wake County Surface Water Survey Mapping Project
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1:1,200 scale
map.
(b)
The buffer width is to be measured perpendicular to the river or stream bank
starting at the river or stream bank.
(c)
There is no minimum building setback from the required buffer.
3-73-7 Activities Allowed within Special Watershed Buffers
(A) General
The required 100-foot buffer along a perennial stream must consist of a vegetated area that
is undisturbed except for the activities expressly allowed to occur within special watershed
buffers pursuant to Section 3-73-7(B). All limits of disturbance within watershed buffers
apply to each side of the water body.
(B) Activities Allowed within Required Special Watershed Buffers
Only the activities listed below are allowed within required special watershed buffer areas:
(1)
Archeological activities, provided any vegetation removed is restored with
vegetation of a comparable assimilative capacity