Water Supply Reservoir Buffer

Sec. 8.6. Water Supply Reservoir Buffer

8.6.1. Reservoir Buffer Standards

A. A reservoir buffer A portion of property designated to mitigate impacts between land uses or transportation routes, or to protect water features from pollutants. shall be maintained from the normal pool of each water supply reservoir as shown in the table below, except that the buffer A portion of property designated to mitigate impacts between land uses or transportation routes, or to protect water features from pollutants. requirement of this section shall not apply to land that does not naturally drain to that reservoir. If the land around any reservoir does not naturally drain to that reservoir, the riparian buffer A portion of property designated to mitigate impacts between land uses or transportation routes, or to protect water features from pollutants. requirements of Sec. 8.5, Riparian Buffer Protection Standards, shall apply.

Reservoir	Buffer A portion of property designated to mitigate impacts between land uses or transportation routes, or to protect water features from pollutants. Width
Lake Michie	250 feet
Little River Reservoir	250 feet
Jordan Reservoir	250 feet¹
Falls Reservoir	250 feet¹

B. Reservoir buffers shall remain in natural undisturbed vegetation, except for intrusions allowed pursuant to Sec. 8.5, Riparian Buffer Protection Standards.

8.6.2. Buffer Reductions

A. At the request of a property owner Any person having charge of any real property according to the records held by the Register of Deeds., the governing body may reduce the reservoir buffer A portion of property designated to mitigate impacts between land uses or transportation routes, or to protect water features from pollutants. requirements through the issuance of a Major Special Use The purpose for which a building, structure, or area of land may be arranged or occupied or the activity conducted or proposed in a building, structure, or on an area of land. Permit, pursuant to Sec. 3.9, Special Use Permit, whenever it determines that:

1. The reservoir buffer A portion of property designated to mitigate impacts between land uses or transportation routes, or to protect water features from pollutants. would result in exceptional hardship, depriving the property owner Any person having charge of any real property according to the records held by the Register of Deeds. of all reasonable use of the property.

2. The proposed intrusion into the reservoir buffer A portion of property designated to mitigate impacts between land uses or transportation routes, or to protect water features from pollutants. is the minimum amount necessary to relieve that exceptional hardship.

The maximum reduction permitted is to the riparian buffer A portion of property designated to mitigate impacts between land uses or transportation routes, or to protect water features from pollutants. width required under Sec. 8.5, Riparian Buffer Protection Standards.

B. In making its determination, the governing body shall consider topography, erosion The wearing away of land surface by the action of wind, water, gravity or any combination thereof. potential, and the size of the parcel See “Lot of record.”, in addition to the review factors specified in paragraph 3.9.8, Criteria for Approval or Major and Minor Special Use The purpose for which a building, structure, or area of land may be arranged or occupied or the activity conducted or proposed in a building, structure, or on an area of land. Permits.