Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014

Article 3 Zoning Districts 3-73 RCOD-2, Resource Conservation Overlay District 2

(6) forestry and husbandry activities that eliminate diseased, infected or damaged timber or nuisance vegetation; (7) sedimentation and erosion control measures and devices as approved by the Department of Environmental Services; (8) grassed yards; and (9) construction of new lakes or ponds, provided that applicable buffers are designated around such new lakes or ponds. (E) All buildings must be set back at least 20 feet from the edge of any drainageway buffer, special water impoundment buffer, or water impoundment buffer. (F) In the event of conflict with other applicable regulations, the more restrictive regulation will govern. (G) Some streams may require both special watershed buffers and Neuse River riparian buffers. 3-73 RCOD-2, Resource Conservation Overlay District 2 3-73-1 Purpose and Intent (A) The RCOD-2 overlay district is intended to protect and preserve the water quality of special watersheds while allowing the orderly development of land in the watersheds of these sensitive areas. The purpose of these regulations is consistent with the Wake County Land Use Plan and otherwise advance the public health, safety, and general welfare. (B) Special watersheds provide significant wildlife, aquatic and other organisms, or plant life habitats; possess characteristics unique to Wake County. It is the intent of these regulations to protect the water quality in these watersheds by requiring vegetated buffer areas along perennial streams and stormwater runoff controls. (C) As is the case with any regulation or provision of this ordinance, when practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships would result from carrying out the strict letter of the regulation, the Board of Adjustment may vary or modify said regulation after making findings of fact supporting its conclusions in accordance with Sec. 19-26. 3-73-2 District Boundary RCOD-2 overlays districts must be appropriately located within special watersheds and such other significant physical and biological areas and habitats, as the Wake County Board of Commissioners deems appropriate. 3-73-3 Regulation Of Uses The uses permitted or prohibited in the RCOD-2 district will be those uses permitted or prohibited in the underlying zoning district. 3-73-4 Existing Development, Redevelopment, And Expansions (A) Existing development is not subject to the requirements of this section; existing development will be considered to be any impervious surfaces created, or for which a vested right has been established, as of May 31, 2005.

Wake County Unified Development Code 3-48