Wetland buffer definition

Wetland buffer means a designated area contiguous or adjacent to a wetland that is required for the continued maintenance, function, and ecological stability of the wetland.
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Wetland buffer means a naturally vegetated and undisturbed, enhanced or revegetated area surrounding wetland that is part of a wetland ecosystem and protect a wetland from adverse impacts to its function, integrity, and value. Wetland buffers serve to moderate runoff volume and flow rates; reduce sediment, chemical nutrient and toxic pollutants; provide shading to maintain desirable water temperatures; provide habitat for wildlife; and protect wetland resources from human activities.
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Wetland buffer or “wetland buffer zone” means an area that surrounds and protects a wetland from adverse impacts to the functions and values of a regulated wetland.
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Examples of Wetland buffer in a sentence

  • Wetland buffer: A minimum 25’ vegetated natural buffer shall be provided along the property line adjacent to Tract C.

  • Wetland buffer areas that are vegetated and not disturbed must be preserved and managed in a naturalized condition to encourage growth of native vegetation and eliminate invasive species.


More Definitions of Wetland buffer

Wetland buffer means a designated area contiguous or adjacent to a wetland that is required for the
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Wetland buffer means an area of an appropriate size to protect the environmental and functional habitat values of the wetland or that are integrally important to support the full range of the wetland and adjacent upland biological community as defined in Resource Protection Ordinance section 86.602.
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Wetland buffer means an area that surrounds and protects a wetland from adverse impacts to the functions and values of a regulated wetland.
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Wetland buffer means: All of that land area located within thirty (30) feet landward of a delineated wetland boundary and parallel to that delineated wetland boundary.
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Wetland buffer. “buffer,” or “buffer zones” means areas that surround and protect critical areas from adverse impacts to their functions and values. [Ord. 1170B, 2000; Ord. 1157, 1998; Ord. 1150 §2, 1996]
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Wetland buffer or “wetland buffer zone” means an area that surrounds and protects a
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Related to Wetland buffer

  • Wetlands or “wetland” means an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as hydrophytic vegetation.

  • Wetland or "wetlands" means areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater 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. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, street, or highway. Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas created to mitigate conversion of wetlands.

  • Wildlife habitat means a surface water of the state used by plants and animals not considered as pathogens, vectors for pathogens or intermediate hosts for pathogens for humans or domesticated livestock and plants.

  • Groundwater means all water, which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil.

  • Wildlife means all species of animals including, but not limited to, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, and crustaceans, which are defined as "wildlife" and are protected or otherwise regulated by statute, law, regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule in a participating state. Species included in the definition of "wildlife" vary from state to state and determination of whether a species is "wildlife" for the purposes of this compact shall be based on local law.