(a) Unless exempted by section 16-100, any person that conducts clearing, grading, excavating, or filling activities that results in the disturbance of less than five thousand (5,000) square feet of existing land surface that is not subject to erosion and sediment control plan requirements under section 16-101 or linear utility line erosion control plan requirements under subsection 16-102(b), shall use practical and reasonable practices to prevent unabated erosion of disturbed areas due to stormwater runoff. By way of example, practical and reasonable practices may include use of vegetated buffers, mulch, berms, covers, or barriers.
(b) A fifty (50) foot vegetated buffer shall be maintained between the land disturbance activities and the edge of any perennial or intermittent stream, wetland, sinkhole, or municipal storm sewer inlet. If a fifty (50) foot vegetated buffer is not feasible due to the nature or purpose of the activity, a protective alternate erosion control or management practice shall be used.
(Ord. No. 151-2010, § 2, 8-26-10; Ord. No. 217-2016 , § 8, 12-6-16)