(A) Visual buffer. Where a commercial use is adjacent to a residential zone, the setback requirement for the commercial use shall be a minimum of 20 feet from the property line adjacent to the residential use of which ten feet shall be a buffer strip planted with evergreen shrubs or trees which shall not be less than six feet in height and no more than four feet apart at the time of planting. This planting requirement may be modified where natural buffering exists.
(B) Watershed buffer. 1
(1) A minimum 30-foot vegetative buffer is required for all new development activities along all perennial waters indicated on the most recent versions of USGS 1:24,000 (7.5 minute) scale topographic maps or as determined by Town of Beech Mountain studies. Desirable artificial streambank or shoreline stabilization is permitted.
(2) No new development is allowed in the buffer except for water dependent structures and public projects such as road crossings and greenways where no practical alternative exists. These activities should minimize built-upon surface area, direct runoff away from the surface waters and maximize the utilization of stormwater Best Management Practices.
(1989 Code, Title V, Ch. 51, Art. XII, § 1204) (Ord. passed 9-8-1993; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)
Editor's note:
1 Added by amendment September 8, 1993.