§ 26-226. Water quality buffer enhancement.

(a)

The property owner may restore or enhance vegetation within a water quality buffer with prior approval of a buffer enhancement plan by the director.

(b)

The director shall have the authority to require a property owner to restore or enhance water quality buffers that have been disturbed or do not meet, or have the potential to meet through natural vegetative succession, the vegetative targets for buffer areas that are defined herein, and/or in the county stormwater management manual, as amended.

(c)

The required elements of a buffer enhancement plan shall be provided in the county stormwater management manual, as amended.

(d)

One year after completion of the restoration or enhancement activity, the portion of the drainage bond related to the buffer enhancement area can be released provided that the enhancement area has been restored or enhanced as required, that soils within the buffer area are stable and not eroding, and that buffer vegetation is healthy and growing as expected.

(Ord. No. O-07-12-101, § 2(§ 6.6), 1-28-08)