§ 62-4458. Vegetation standards.

(a)

A vegetated littoral zone below mean high-water shall be established for a private lake larger than three-quarters of an acre in size. A mixture of native vegetation shall be established by natural colonization, by inoculation or by planting within 12 months after issuance of a private lake permit. When planting is utilized, plantings shall be on three-foot centers using species contained within the list in subsection (d) of this section. The applicant shall provide the director with a quarterly report, including photographs of the littoral zone, for a period of two years after the lake has been completed. At the end of this two-year period, if the plants have not attained 80 percent coverage of the required planted area, additional planting and monitoring will be required. Herbicides approved for aquatic use may be applied to control undesirable aquatic plants.

(b)

When lakes are utilized within stormwater management systems and littoral plantings are required, the area covered by littoral plants must comprise a minimum of 30 percent of the total lake area at mean water level.

(c)

When lakes are not utilized within a stormwater management system and littoral plantings are required, the area covered by native littoral vegetation must comprise a minimum of 15 percent of the total lake area at mean water level.

(d)

Plant species suitable and sometimes available from nurseries for littoral zone plantings of private lakes are as follows:

Common Name	Scientific Name
Arrowhead/Duck-potato	Sagitteria latifolia
Blue flag iris	Iris virginicus
Bulrush	Cyperus, Scirpus spp.
Climbing aster	Aster carolinianus
Coinwort/Water pennywort	Hydrocotyle umbellata
Cordgrass	Spartina bakeri
Cypress	Taxodium spp.
Golden canna	Canna flaccida
Maidencane	Panicum hemitomon
Pickerelweed	Pontederia lanceolata
Rushes	Juncus, Eleocharis spp.
Spatterdock/Yellow pond lily	Nuphar luteum
Sedges	Cyperus spp.
Water-shield/Dollar bonnet	Brasenia schreberi
Water tupelo/Cotton gum	Nyssa spp.
White water lily	Nymphaea odorata

 

Other plant species may be acceptable for littoral zone plantings. Species other than those listed in this subsection must be approved by the office of natural resources management prior to planting.

(Code 1979, § 14-113.6)