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Article 3 Zoning Districts
3-73 RCOD-2, Resource Conservation Overlay District 2
Wake County Unified Development Code
3-52
(i)
poles or towers are not installed within 10 feet of the lake, pond, river, stream,
or drainageway;
(j)
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;
(k)
construction activities minimize removal of woody vegetation, the extent of
disturbed area, and the time during which areas remain in a disturbed state;
(l)
cables are installed by vibratory plow or trenching; and
(m)
trenches are backfilled with the excavated material immediately following line
installation.
(8)
Wells, subject to applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
(9)
Sewage disposal systems, on-site (including but not limited to septic tanks, pumps,
and ground absorption areas), provided that this is a replacement of an existing
sewage disposal system, approved by the Director of Environmental Services.
(10)
Recreation trails (public or private), provided:
(a)
no reasonable alternative to their location in the buffers exists
(b)
a trail crossing the buffer is combined with other permitted buffer crossings
where practicable;
(c)
buffer disturbance is no more than 20 feet wide (unless otherwise approved by
Wake County Environmental Services);
(d)
the trail is no more than 12 feet wide;
(e)
a trail crossing the buffer does so at an angle as close to 90 degrees as possible
(and not less than 60 degrees); and
(f)
trail running linearly within the buffer must be located in the outer 20 feet of
the buffer
(g)
[Use of pervious surfacing materials is encouraged]
(11)
Railroad crossings, provided:
(a)
no reasonable alternative to their location in the buffer exists;
(b)
buffer disturbance is not more than 60 feet wide; and
(c)
buffer disturbance is no more than 6,000 square feet in area
(12)
Removal of fill deemed harmful to the stream’s water quality, provided:
(a)
no excavation below the prior natural elevation;