Are fences allowed in resource protection areas?
Fences are permitted in a Resource Protection Area (RPA) without an exception or waiver subject to compliance with certain design requirements that collectively maintain the functional value of the buffer. Fences should be designed so that they do not inhibit or alter surface flow (i.e., water must be able to flow under and through the fence unimpeded so that sheet flow conditions are maintained) and vegetation may only be removed to provide for the actual placement of the fence. Where vegetation is removed it must be replaced with other native vegetation that is equally effective in retarding runoff, preventing erosion and filtering nonpoint source pollution from runoff. Fences should be located to avoid the removal of trees. If the fence were to be placed in an area that was an existing maintained lawn, the revegetation requirement would not be applicable.
