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Find out if your property has mandatory water quality buffers

 

Go to the POLARIS interactive website

Select "Search" on right side of screen

On left side of screen, type your address or tax parcel identification number and select "Find"

Select "Layers" on right side of screen

On left side of screen, select "Water Quality Buffers" and "Refresh Map"

Select "Legend" on right side of screen

On left side of screen, scroll down the legend to the heading "Water Quality Buffers" to identify the type of buffer indicated on the map of your property/parcel.

Water Quality Buffer

The area shown in green is a water quality buffer. 
This property has 50-foot SWIM buffers and 50-foot
Post-Construction buffers.

Water Quality Buffer Image

We've used a red circle on this example to highlight
the section telling if the property has a water quality buffer.

Learn more about complying with buffer requirements

After completing the steps above, select "Parcel Info" on right side of screen

On left side of screen, select "Floodplain, Zoning and Watershed Info"

On left side of screen, look for the heading "Parcel Falls Inside a Water Quality Buffer."  The box will say "YES" or "NO."

If it says "YES," select "Click here to get more detailed water quality buffer information for this parcel."


On left side of screen, look for similar information about your property and:

Post Construction Districts
SWIM Buffers
Watershed Districts (includes information about Water Supply Watershed buffers)

Ordinances about water quality buffers