Washington County is landlocked, so there are no coastal or tidal rules. The equivalent is streamside protection: Fayetteville's UDC Chapter 168 requires a 50-foot vegetated buffer along streams draining 100 acres or more.
There is no coast in landlocked Washington County, so the relevant water rules protect rivers, streams, and karst springs instead. Fayetteville's Streamside Protection Ordinance (Unified Development Code Chapter 168) requires an undisturbed, vegetated buffer measured from the top of bank along streams that drain roughly 100 acres or more, keeping most clearing and structures out of that zone. Filling or altering wetlands still needs a federal Section 404 permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Work in the Illinois River or West Fork White River corridors also triggers floodplain review before any building.
Clearing or building inside a protected streamside buffer without approval brings correction and restoration orders from city code enforcement. Unpermitted wetland fill exposes you to federal Clean Water Act penalties.
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Springdale, AR
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Springdale, AR
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Springdale, AR
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Springdale, AR
Springdale fence installations are reviewed by the Building and Development Services Department under Chapter 22 (Building) and Chapter 130 (Zoning). A permi...
Springdale, AR
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Springdale, AR
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