Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014

Article 11 Environmental Standards 11-22 Activities Allowed Within Buffers

(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);

Wake County Unified Development Code 11-7