Unified Development Ordinance, 31st Supplement, May 2024

CHAPTER 9. ​NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION | Article 9.5. Watershed Protection Areas

Article 9.5. Watershed Protection Areas Sec. 9.5.1. Urban Watershed Protection Overlay District (-UWPOD) A. Natural Resource Buffer Yards Natural resource buffer yards consistent with Sec. 9.2.3. must be established along all perennial watercourses. B. Impervious Surface Coverage 1. All lots or portions of lots in existence prior to April 19, 2005 or lots established outside the subdivision process after that date, no additional impervious surface may be added to the property, which would result in greater coverage by impervious surface than allowed by the following table:

of this Article plus 1 dollar per every 6 linear feet of street if cleaned by the City, its employees or its contractors. 15. An additional civil penalty of $1,000 per day shall be charged to any person assessed a civil penalty for any violation of this Article within the prior 2 years. No initial civil penalty shall exceed $7,500; this limitation shall be inapplicable to continuous violations. Sec. 9.4.12. Revisions The City of Raleigh shall incorporate revisions required by the Sedimentation Control Commission within 8 months following receipt of the required revisions. If standards and provisions of this UDO currently meet or exceed the required revi sions, the Sedimentation Control Commission must be notified within 90 days of their receipt.

No Stormwater Control Measures

Retention, Detention or Capture First 1/2 Inch of Runoff

Area

24% or 2 units of a single-unit living per acre or 20,000 square foot lot. 24% or 2 units of a single-unit living per acre or 20,000 square foot lot or 3 dwellings per acre or 36% built upon area for projects with out curb and gutter street systems.

Primary water supply watershed protection areas

50%

Secondary water supply watershed protection areas

70%

2. Land will be deemed compliant with the intensity requirements if the intensity of all existing development at the time of reclassification does not exceed the density requirement when densities are averaged throughout the area. 3. Impervious surfaces include all proposed streets within the development approved after April 19, 2005 and all impervious surfaces on any lot and common area.

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Part 10: Unified Development Ordinance City of Raleigh, North Carolina

Supp. No. 31