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Watershed <br />Overlay District <br />Impervious Surface Limits — <br />Residential <br />Impervious Surface Limits — <br />Non - residential <br />State Allowances <br />9 <br />Back Creek — <br />12% for properties outside of <br />70 % in Economic Development, <br />Low Density Option: <br />Protected <br />Transition Areas <br />Commercial, and Commercial <br />Industrial Transition Activity Nodes <br />6% limit with minimum lot size <br />(STATE <br />° <br />30 /° for properties located <br />with development of a BMP. <br />of 1 acre <br />Classified WS -II <br />within Transition Areas where <br />OR <br />Watershed Area) <br />density exceeds 1 dwelling unit <br />50% for all fire stations /solid waste <br />per acre <br />p <br />collection centers outside of these <br />12% limit with minimum lot size <br />70% for residential land uses <br />Activity Nodes with development of <br />of 2 acres <br />developed at 'high densities' <br />p g <br />a BMP <br />High Density Option: <br />(R -5, R -8, R -13). A BMP shall <br />12% for all other non - residential <br />be required in this scenario <br />development outside of Activity <br />If new development exceeds low <br />Nodes. <br />density option, engineered <br />Density in this area is based on <br />stormwater controls required with <br />underlying general use zoning <br />development limited to either 24% <br />designation <br />to 30% impervious surface area <br />A maximum of 10% of the <br />watershed outside of a Critical <br />Area can be developed up to 70% <br />impervious with a structural BMP. <br />