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Zoning Text Amendment <br /> (Nol yet codified) <br /> <br /> S~ream, River Buffers <br /> <br /> 1h A strip Of and adjacehl to a stream or r vet' retain.ed <br /> IN It~ natur'al vegetation or revegetaled or reforested : <br /> a~propriate p~rennlal vegetation'to -v .... by <br /> <br /> .... * other <br /> pollutants from entering the waterway. AS such, water <br /> q~eli~y ia giveh another check et dentrol. Therefore, <br /> s[fream buffers shall be required when developmenl occure <br /> a~jacenl Io, or directly affects a ~;; b~ perennial <br /> <br /> 2; Slream buffers Shall be on both sides of perennial <br /> streams Indicated on a solid blue line on the USGS ~u~E~ <br /> ~y maps end all designated floodways and <br /> fl'eod-tring~ areas. <br /> 3[i The size of a stream buffer shall be measured from the <br /> acnua average Stream banks, ~erpendlcularly for a distance <br /> of= 50 feet plus 4 t mas the average percent of slope of the ~ <br />%,s Ineem. this s,o e she:: oa:culated by maasur:n a <br /> dJJstence el 250 [eat from the center of the Slrcem. The <br /> p~rcent of slope for this dislancs shall serve es the <br /> d~!termining factor. However. the maximum distance ~hail not <br /> e~csed 120 feet <br /> <br /> 41: Stream butters shall be Shown on al appropriate plans <br /> end plats in review by the Cabarrus County Planning Board, <br /> Cebarrus County Board of Adjuslment and/or Cabarrus BOard of <br /> Co?miss deers <br /> <br /> 5, Generall'y, buffer areas shell remain undisturbed. <br /> H6;wever, some llm ted aetJvitiea may be Permitted jf <br /> Pr.openly deaigned. These uses Include: Street aroaalngs0 <br /> ut:llity lines, limited recreation tacll ties, bona fide <br /> · fairms using the stream buffer for an agrJoulturel purpo&e. <br /> Any disturbance to Ihe existing ~orested/vcgetated areas due <br /> Io. public or private improuements shall be replaced with <br /> v~igetation which will resull in a comparable atormwatar <br /> djltsVq~loCltYo! Installation and guantlly o~ ~low within one (I) year from the <br /> 8,i. A minimum setback from the stream buffers for ell <br /> b~llldlngs shell be at least 20 feel. if there ~ a <br /> d terence Je the zoning arden's setbnck, the <br /> s ictest sel~ack shall apply, <br /> <br /> <br />