Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014

Article 11 Environmental Standards 11-22 Activities Allowed Within Buffers

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

Wake County Unified Development Code 11-6