§ 14-232. Resource management areas.

(a)

Resource management areas shall include land types that, if improperly used or developed, have a potential for causing significant water quality degradation or for diminishing the functional value of the resource protection area.

(b)

A resource management area shall be provided contiguous to the entire inland boundary of the resource protection area. The following land categories shall be considered for inclusion in the resource management area and, where mapping resources indicate the presence of these land types contiguous to the resource protection area, should be included in designations of resource management areas:

(1)

100-year floodplains;

(2)

Highly erodible soils, including steep slopes;

(3)

Highly permeable soils;

(4)

Nontidal wetlands not included in the resource protection area; and

(5)

Such other lands considered by the City to meet the provisions of Subsection (a) of this section and to be necessary to protect the quality of State waters and lands delineated on the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas Map.

(c)

Resource management areas shall encompass a land area large enough to provide significant water quality protection through the employment of the criteria in Title 9, Agency 25, Chapter 830, Part IV (9VAC25-830-120 et seq.) and the requirements in Title 9, Agency 25, Chapter 830, Parts II (9VAC25-830-50 et seq.) and V (9VAC25-830-160 et seq.) of the Virginia Administrative Code. For the purpose of mapping those resource management areas, so designated because they buffer designated resource protection areas, the map shall include, at a minimum, a 500-foot buffer around any designated resource protection area and the limits of any land categories listed in Subsection (b) of this section which extend beyond this 500-foot buffer. In areas where the resource management area buffers a stream, shown as a blue line on the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas Map, or a water body contiguous to such stream and where the site-specific evaluation has yet to be done, the City Council may amend the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas Map to include any area within a 600-foot buffer outward from the center of such stream or water body as a resource management area.

(Code 2004, § 50-322; Ord. No. 2014-116-89, § 2, 5-27-2014; Ord. No. 2018-025, § 1, 2-26-2018)

(Code 2004, § 50-322; Ord. No. 2014-116-89, § 2, 5-27-2014; Ord. No. 2018-025, § 1, 2-26-2018)