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33 <br />• Prohibition of certain land uses, depending on the zone.. <br />• Maximum density limits, depending on the zone. <br />• Impervious surface limits, depending on the zone <br />• Structural and nonstructural stonnwater BMP requirements.. <br />>~arian Buffer Protection -Orange County requires riparian buffers as follows. <br />• A minimum of 50 ft from each edge of the floodplain. <br />• In addition to the 50 ft buffer, an additional I S ft shall be added where the slope value <br />is less than 7.5%, as measured 250 feet from the edge of the floodplain (i.e., 65 ft <br />buffer total). <br />• Tn addition to the 50 ft buffer, an additional .30 ft for slope values 7.5% and greater, as <br />measured 250 feet from the edge of the floodplain (i.e., 80 fi buffer total), <br />• These buffer widths are measured from each side of either the stream bank or the <br />floodplain, whichever is greater. <br />