property owners have sufficient land or space to install more formal or technically complex stormwater management facilities. The County will provide a 10% credit the property owner demonstrates a combination of practices that achieves a total of 10 points in the following chart. The total number of points must be validated annually by the property owner in order to continue to receive credit. Practice Description Points Requirements Rain Garden Install a rain garden that 5 points for a rain garden Verify size of the rain meets the requirements covering 50 square feet garden using the of the Virginia or more. 10 points for a Pollution Prevention Department of Forestry rain garden covering 100 Credit Application Form. Rain Gardens Technical square feet or more. Include picture(s) and a Guide or specifications certification statement provided by the Thomas by the Thomas Jefferson Jefferson Soil and Water Soil and Water Conservation District. Conservation District with the initial application. Verify continued maintenance annually. Rain Barrels Install a rain barrel (must Divide 5 by total of Verify size and number of hold 50 gallons or more) number downspouts on barrels using the to capture rain from your the property and round Pollution Prevention downspouts. to the nearest tenth. The Credit Application Form. resulting fraction is the Include picture(s) with number of points per the initial application. rain barrel that captures Verify continued stormwater from a maintenance annually. separate downspout. Conservation Convert turf grass to 100 SF = 3 points Report total area Landscaping conservation landscaping converted with a brief using the Homeowner description of the project Guide for a More using the Pollution Property Prevention Credit published by the Application Form. Chesapeake Stormwater Include picture(s) and a Network. certification statement
property owners have sufficient land or space to install more formal or technically complex stormwater management facilities. The County will provide a 10% credit the property owner demonstrates a combination of practices that achieves a total of 10 points in the following chart. The total number of points must be validated annually by the property owner in order to continue to receive credit. Practice Description Points Requirements Rain Garden Install a rain garden that meets the requirements of the Virginia Department of Forestry Rain Gardens Technical Guide or specifications provided by the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District. 5 points for a rain garden covering 50 square feet or more. 10 points for a rain garden covering 100 square feet or more. Verify size of the rain garden using the Pollution Prevention Credit Application Form. Include picture(s) and a certification statement by the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District with the initial application. Verify continued maintenance annually. Rain Barrels Install a rain barrel (must hold 50 gallons or more) to capture rain from your downspouts. Divide 5 by total of number downspouts on the property and round to the nearest tenth. The resulting fraction is the number of points per rain barrel that captures stormwater from a separate downspout. Verify size and number of barrels using the Pollution Prevention Credit Application Form. Include picture(s) with the initial application. Verify continued maintenance annually. Conservation Landscaping Convert turf grass to conservation landscaping using the Homeowner Guide for a More Property published by the Chesapeake Stormwater Network. 100 SF = 3 points Report total area converted with a brief description of the project using the Pollution Prevention Credit Application Form. Include picture(s) and a certification statement
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