Land Use Ordinance - June 2008 - City of Vineland

City of Vineland
Land Use Ordinance Amendment
Design Standards for Stream Corridors
(4) Provisions Governing Activities in Stream Corridors and Stream Corridor Buffers.
(a) The applicant for development of any activity in a stream corridor or stream
corridor buffer shall rehabilitate any degraded areas within the stream corridor, in a
manner acceptable to the Planning Board, as the case may be, unless the applicant
demonstrates that it is economically infeasible to do so.
(b) The applicant shall also:
(1) Rehabilitate or cure the effects of the disturbance caused during construction;
(2) Maintain the integrity of the surrounding habitat; and
(3) Maintain the existing ability of the stream corridor to buffer the stream.
(c) The applicant shall provide whatever additional measures are necessary to ensure
that areas designated as stream corridors and stream corridor buffers will be
preserved and to prevent additional encroachments in the stream corridor likely to
occur as a result of the approval granted.
(d) The Planning Board may require conservation easements or deed restrictions
ensuring that there will be no further intrusion on the stream corridor than that
permitted by the activity approved.
(5) Submission Requirements. An applicant for an activity in a stream corridor or stream
corridor buffer shall submit a map at a scale of not less than 1" = 100' of the project site
delineating the following, using the best available information:
(a) 100-year flood line which shall be the line formed by the area inundated by a 100
year flood which is the flood estimated to have a one percent chance of being
equaled or exceeded in any one year; and
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