§ 105-83. Chattahoochee Corridor.

(a)

Vegetation shall be left in its natural state, and impervious surfaces shall not be permitted, for a distance of 50 horizontal feet as measured from both banks of the Chattahoochee River and its impoundments, and for a distance of 35 horizontal feet as measured from both banks of all other flowing stream channels within the Chattahoochee Corridor, except for footpaths, designated public access areas, river or stream crossings by transportation facilities, public water supply intake structures, public wastewater treatment plant outfalls and utility line crossings.

(b)

Subject and in addition to the restrictions set forth in subsection (a) of this section, impervious surfaces and structures shall not be permitted within, on or over any land that is 150 horizontal feet or less from either bank of the Chattahoochee River and its impoundments, except for footpaths, designated public access areas, river or stream crossings by transportation facilities, public water supply intake structures, public wastewater treatment plant outfalls and water supply and sewerage manholes that are designed and built at grade, unless it is determined by the Atlanta Regional Commission, after consideration by a Committee of the Atlanta Regional Commission as authorized by the Atlanta Regional Commission, and based in part upon the affidavit of, and substantial evidence submitted by, a registered professional engineer qualified in water quality and hydrology that the impervious surfaces and structures will be not be harmful to the water and land resources of the Chattahoochee Corridor, will not significantly impede the natural flow of waters and will not result in significant land erosion, stream bank erosion, siltation or water pollution.

(c)

Not including the impervious surfaces and structures that are excepted above, any impervious surfaces or structures that, in the judgment of the Atlanta Regional Commission, must legally be permitted within, on or over any land that is 150 horizontal feet or less from either bank of the Chattahoochee River and its impoundments on lots of record as of March 16, 1973, for the portion of the Chattahoochee Corridor water intake, which were designated by the local governing authority for a single-family detached residential use, shall meet the following standard: For each one foot incursion into the 150-foot impervious surface buffer, one foot of natural vegetation shall be added to the 50-foot natural vegetation buffer. In the event that the Atlanta Regional Commission determines that legal, physical, biological or hydrologic conditions on the site prevent the addition of all the required natural vegetation, substitute measures satisfactory to the Atlanta Regional Commission shall be taken to provide an equivalent level of land and water resource protection.

(Ord. No. 02-2006, art. 5, § 5.2, 2-2-2006)