conservation Rule, otherwise a or farmland minimum 30 foot preservation vegetative buffer for easement; development shall (VII) a maintenance be required along all agreement for perennial waters the vegetated indicated on the or natural area most recent versions shall be filed of U.S.G.S. with the 1:24,000 (7.5 Register of minute) scale Deeds; and topographic maps or (VIII)cluster as determined by development local government that meets the studies; applicable low (G) No new density option development shall requirements be allowed in the shall transport buffer; water stormwater dependent runoff from structures, or other the structures, such as development flag poles, signs, by vegetated and security lights, conveyances which result in only to the de minimus maximum increases in extent impervious area and practicable; public projects such (E) If local as road crossings governments and greenways may choose the high be allowed where density no practicable development option alternative exists. that requires These activities engineered shall minimize stormwater builtupon surface controls, then they area and avoid shall assume channelizing responsibility for stormwater; operation and (H) For local maintenance of the governments that do required controls as not use the high outlined in Rule density option, a .0104 of this maximum of 10 Subchapter; percent of each (F) A minimum 100 jurisdiction's foot vegetative portion of the buffer shall be watershed outside required for all new of the critical area as development delineated on July 1, activities that 1995 may be exceed the low developed with new density option development requirements as projects and specified in expansions to (3)(b)(i)(A) or existing Sub-Item development of up (3)(b)(ii)(A) of this to 70 percent
conservation or farmland preservation easement; (VII) a maintenance agreement for the vegetated or natural area shall be filed with the Register of Deeds; and (VIII)cluster development that meets the applicable low density option requirements shall transport stormwater runoff from the development by vegetated conveyances to the maximum extent practicable; (E) If local governments choose the high density development option that requires engineered stormwater controls, then they shall assume responsibility for operation and maintenance of the required controls as outlined in Rule .0104 of this Subchapter; (F) A minimum 100 foot vegetative buffer shall be required for all new development activities that exceed the low density option requirements as specified in (3)(b)(i)(A) or Sub-Item (3)(b)(ii)(A) of this Rule, otherwise a minimum 30 foot vegetative buffer for development shall be required along all perennial waters indicated on the most recent versions of U.S.G.S. 1:24,000 (7.5 minute) scale topographic maps or as determined by local government studies; (G) No new development shall be allowed in the buffer; water dependent structures, or other structures, such as flag poles, signs, and security lights, which result in only de minimus increases in impervious area and public projects such as road crossings and greenways may be allowed where no practicable alternative exists. These activities shall minimize builtupon surface area and avoid channelizing stormwater; (H) For local governments that do not use the high density option, a maximum of 10 percent of each jurisdiction's portion of the watershed outside of the critical area as delineated on July 1, 1995 may be developed with new development projects and expansions to existing development of up to 70 percent
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