Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014

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

(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;

Wake County Unified Development Code 3-52