HomeMy WebLinkAboutZTA200900004 Legacy Document 2009-05-11 (2)ORDINANCE NO. 09 -18( )
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 18, ZONING, ARTICLE III, DISTRICT
REGULATIONS, OF THE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, VIRGINIA
BE IT ORDAINED By the Board of Supervisors of the County of Albemarle, Virginia, that
Chapter 18, Zoning, Article III, District Regulations, are hereby amended and reordained as
follows:
By Amending:
Sec. 30.3.05.1.1 By right within the floodway
Chapter 18. Zoning
Article III. District Regulations
Sec. 30.3.05.1.1 By right within the floodway
The following uses or activities are authorized within the floodway as a matter of right:
1. Agricultural uses, excluding structures of any kind, limited to field crops, pasture,
grazing, livestock, raising poultry, horticulture, viticulture and forestry.
2. Recreational uses (excluding structures of any kind and uses involving human
habitation) such as parks; swimming areas, golf courses and driving ranges; picnic
grounds; wildlife and nature preserves; game farms; fish hatcheries; shooting
preserves; target, trap and skeet ranges; hunting, fishing and hiking areas; athletic
fields; and horse show grounds.
3. Flood warning aids and devices, water monitoring devices and the like.
4. Fences.
5. Electric, gas, oil and communications facilities, including poles, lines, pipes, meters
and related facilities for distribution of local service and owned and operated by a
public utility, but excluding tower structures. (Added 7 -1- 81) (Amended 5- 12 -93)
6. Water distribution and sewage collection lines and appurtenances owned and operated
by the Albemarle County Service Authority, but excluding pumping stations and
holding ponds; public water and sewer transmission lines, main or trunk lines, and
interceptors, but excluding treatment facilities and pumping stations, owned and/or
operated by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority reference 5.1.12, 30.3.03.1,
31.2.5). (Added 7 -1 -81)
7. If paragraphs (a) through (d) are each satisfied, projects which: (i) are designed or
directed by the county, a soil and water conservation district, or a public agency
authorized to carry out flood control or environmental restoration measures; or (ii)
are reviewed and approved by the department of
community development in accordance with the water protection ordinance.
a. The purpose which will be served by the project, as determined by the department
of engineering and public works, is either flood control or environmental
restoration;
b. The amount of fill material placed within the floodway, floodway fringe or
approximated flood plain does not exceed the amount of cut material removed
from the same floodway, floodway fringe or approximated flood plain in which
the fill was placed;
c. No natural streams will be relocated; and
d. The project will use natural materials such as rock and vegetation, and will not
use engineered structures such as those identified in section 30.3.05.2.1(5).
8. Tier I and Tier II personal wireless service facilities (reference 5.1.40). (Added 10-
13-04)
(Ord. 98- 18(2); 9- 16 -98; Ord. 04- 18(2), 10- 13 -04)
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