Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
12.6.1 Standards for Required Buffers <br />12 -5 -a <br />Required <br />Buffer <br />Buffer <br />Type <br />Width <br />Buffer Description <br />A buffer composed of deciduous and /or evergreen <br />vegetation, forming semi - opaque intermittent visual <br />Type A <br />30 feet <br />obstructions from the ground to a height of at least thirty <br />30 feet. <br />A buffer composed of deciduous and /or evergreen <br />vegetation that is opaque from the ground to a height of at <br />Type B <br />30 feet <br />least five (5) feet, with semi - opaque intermittent visual <br />obstructions from the opaque portion to a height to at least <br />thirty 30 feet. <br />A buffer composed of 50 -75% evergreen vegetation <br />Type C <br />40 feet <br />distributed so as to create a semi - opaque screen to a height <br />of at least thirty (30) feet. <br />Type D <br />50 feet <br />Same as Type C. <br />A buffer composed of predominantly (at least 75 %) <br />Type E <br />75 feet <br />evergreen vegetation that is opaque to a height of at least <br />thirty (30) feet. <br />Type F <br />100 feet <br />Same as Type E. <br />12 -5 -a <br />