Title/Name/Summary
Land Development Code - Substantive Amendment: Modify Residential Best Management Practices (BMPs)
History
AMENDMENT SUMMARY
SECTION 6-305.F.2.c. Single-Family Residential Naturalized Landscaping
Remove the Monitoring and Management Plan (M&M Plan) requirements for naturalized landscaping in single-family residential areas
SECTION 6-201.F. E-1 Estate Residential
SECTION 6-202.F. R-1 Residential
SECTION 6-203.F. R-2 Residential
SECTION 6-203.5.F. R-2A Residential
SECTION 6-204.F. R-3 Residential
SECTION 6-204.5.F. R-3A Residential
SECTION 6-205.F. R-4 Residential
SECTION 6-206.G RSB Residential and Supporting Business District
Revise maximum lot coverage by removing increased lot coverage allowances through BMPs.
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
The goal of these amendments is to mitigate stormwater runoff by establishing maximum lot coverage allowances that are more easily understood by the public and more easily enforced by Village staff, with an objective of setting a maximum coverage percentage and removing the provision of allowing additional lot coverage with the use of Best Management Practices (BMPs).
Per the Land Development Code (LDC), each zoning district has a base lot coverage which can be increased with the use of BMPs such as naturalized landscaping, permeable pavers, and rain barrels. When residents have met the base lot coverage for the zoning district in which they are located, residents opt to utilize BMPs to expand their impervious lot coverage. Tracking the installation and management of BMPs is time-consuming for Development Services staff and the maintenance of the BMPs is tedious for the homeowners. For the increased lot coverage completed without a permit, the Village has the daunting task of retroactively applying BMPs and/or informing the homeowner that some or all of their improvement project must be removed or modified.
Due to the policing and management needs to ensure the BMPs continue to control stormwater runoff, t...
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