§ 1.6. Wetlands.


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  • Areas shall include those defined in section 1401 (e)(f)(j) of the City Zoning Ordinance (Appendix A) and shall also include tidal wetlands, which are vegetated and nonvegetated wetlands, as defined in section 1401 of the City Zoning Ordinance (Appendix A); and nontidal wetlands, which are those wetlands, other than tidal wetlands, that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, as identified or referred to in the City of Virginia Beach Soil Survey by soil names Backbay Mucky Peat; Duckston portion of Corolla-Duckston Fine Sands; Dorovan Mucky Peat; Duckston Fine Sand; Nawney Silt Loam; Pamlico Mucky Peat; Pamlico-Lakehurst Variant Complex; Rapahannock Mucky Peat, Strongly Saline or Pocaty Peat; and any other lands which under normal conditions are saturated to the ground surface and connected by surface flow and contiguous to tidal wetlands or tributary streams.

    (Ord. No. 2666, 10-23-01)

(Ord. No. 2666, 10-23-01)