Wetland buffer area definition

Wetland buffer area means a 50-foot-wide non-wetland area surrounding the delineated boundary of
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Wetland buffer area means a naturally vegetated and undisturbed, enhanced or revegetated zone surrounding a natural, restored or newly created wetland that is an integral part of a wetland ecosystem, and protects a wetland from adverse impacts to the integrity and value of the wetland. Wetland buffers serve to moderate runoff volume and flow rates; reduce sediment, chemical nutrient and toxic pollutants; provide shading to maintain desirable water temperatures; provide habitat for wildlife; and protect wetland resources from harmful intrusion.
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Wetland buffer area means a 50-foot-wide non-wetland area surrounding the delineated boundary of a protected wetlands within the Wetlands Overlay (WO) zone. (Ord. 94-29 § 1)
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Examples of Wetland buffer area in a sentence

  • That Blocks 2, 16 and 20 are part of a Provincially Significant Wetland, buffer area and wildlife corridor and shall be left in a naturalized state.

  • Consequently, these wetter northward-oriented slopes have superior growing conditions and tend to produce larger trees with more structurally complex canopies (e.g., Winona Wetland buffer area).

  • Wetland buffer area of temporary impact is expected to be below 3,000 sf.

  • The Planner also advised the owners that they are to obtain a permit and consult with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority to confirm the appropriate location to dispose of excavation rocks, to protect the Provincially Significant Wetland buffer area.


More Definitions of Wetland buffer area

Wetland buffer area means a 50-foot-wide non-wetland area in the wetlands overlay zone surrounding the a protected wetlands within the wetlands overlay zone. (Ord. 94-29 § 1) ) [from 17.04.567].
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Wetland buffer area means a 50-foot-wide non-wetland area surrounding a protected wetlands within the wetlands overlay zone. (Ord. 94-29 § 1)
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Wetland buffer area means a naturally vegetated and undisturbed, enhanced or revegetated zone surrounding a natural, restored or newly created wetland that is an integral part of a wetland ecosystem, and protects a wetland from adverse impacts to the integrity and value of the wetland. Wetland buffers serve to moderate runoff volume and
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Related to Wetland buffer area

  • Wetlands or “wetland” means an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as hydrophytic vegetation.

  • Wetland or "wetlands" means areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, street, or highway. Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas created to mitigate conversion of wetlands.

  • Septic tank means a watertight, accessible, covered receptacle designed and constructed to receive sewage from a building sewer, settle solids from the liquid, digest organic matter, store digested solids through a period of retention, and allow the clarified liquids to discharge to other treatment units for final disposal.

  • Water surface elevation means the height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988, or other datum, where specified, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.

  • Surface waters means all waters of the state as defined in G.S. 143-212 except underground waters

  • Sediment means solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.

  • Archaeological site means a geographic locality in Washington, including but not limited to, submerged and submersible lands and the bed of the sea within the state's jurisdiction, that contains archaeological objects.

  • Groundwater means all water, which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil.

  • Plasma arc incinerator means any enclosed device using a high intensity electrical discharge or arc as a source of heat followed by an afterburner using controlled flame combustion and which is not listed as an industrial furnace.

  • Drainage area means a geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to a particular point along a receiving waterbody.

  • Sanitary landfill means an engineered land burial facility for the disposal of household waste which is so located, designed, constructed and operated to contain and isolate the waste so that it does not pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment. A sanitary landfill also may receive other types of solid wastes, such as commercial solid waste, nonhazardous sludge, hazardous waste from conditionally exempt small quantity generators, construction demolition debris, and nonhazardous industrial solid waste.

  • Area means Monterey County, San Benito County, and Santa Cruz County.

  • Project site, where applicable, means the place indicated in bidding documents.