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i <br /> 8 <br /> STREAM BUFFER WIDTH Wli FEET) ' <br /> BASED ON SLOPE AND GROUNDCOVER ' <br /> Slope Value Type c f Groundcover <br /> Grass Woods <br /> 2 to 4.9 100 , 50 <br /> 5 to 9.9 150 100 <br /> 10 to 149 200 100 <br /> 15 or greater 250 150 <br /> 'In addition to the buffer zone resulting from the calculations below, a stream buffer shall include any <br /> portion of a floodplain as defined in the Orange County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, by <br /> special survey by a registered engineer or surveyor, or by alluvial soils as designated in the Orange <br /> County Soils Survey. <br /> 2Yhe required stream buffer zone shall not be limited to one calculation, but shall be based on <br /> calculations made at points where topographical and ground cover conditions change based on an <br /> analysis of the site. <br /> e) Minimum Buffer Width Required <br /> DISTRICT AHNI IUM STREAM BUFFER WIDTH' <br /> UNIV-CA The buffer width shall be calculated for both Method A and Method B, and at any <br /> UNIV-PW given point along the stream, the width of the buffer shall be the larger of the two. <br /> CANE-CA The buffer width shall be the width calculated using Method A. <br /> I <br /> U-ENO-CA <br /> U-ENO-PW The buffer width shall be as calculated using Method A, or 150', whichever is less, <br /> L-ENO-PW except where density exceeds 1 du/ac and impervious surface exceeds 12%. <br /> BACK-PW <br /> Where density exceeds 1 du/ac and impervious surface exceeds 12%, the buffer <br /> width shall be calculated as above, but shall not be less than 100'. <br /> CANE-PW <br /> LITTLE-PW <br /> BAG��nv r��ir <br /> w The buffer width shall be the width calculated using Method A, or 150', whichever <br /> FLAT-PW is less. <br /> HAW-PW <br /> JORDAN-PW <br /> 16 <br />