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(b) This district shall be in addition to and shall overlay all other zoning districts where they are applied so that any parcel of land lying in the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District shall also lie in one or more of the other zomng districts provided for by the Zoning Ordinance. Unless otherwise provided in this Chapter, the review and approval procedures provided for in Chapters 7, 11, 14, 33, and 39 of this Code, the Zoning Ordinance, and all other applicable ordinances shall be followed in reviewing and approving development, redevelopment, and uses also regulated by this Chapter. (c) This Chapter is enacted under the authority of 9 VAC 10-20 et seq. (The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations), and Sections 10.1-2100, et seq., (The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act) and 15.1-489, of the Code of Virginia. Section 9.1-3. Definitions. The following words and terms used in the Overlay District have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Words and terms not defined in this Chapter but defined in the Zoning Ordinance shall be given the meanings set forth therein. "Agricultural lands" means those lands used for the planting and harvesting of crops or plant growth of any kind in the open; pasture; horticulture; dairying; floriculture; or raising of poultry and/or livestock. "Best Management Practice" or "BMP" means a practice, or a combination of practices that is determined by a state or designated area-wide planning agency to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing the amount of pollution generated by nonpoint sources to a level compatible with water quality goals. "Buffer area" means an area of natural or established vegetation managed to protect other components of a Resources Protection An-ea and state waters from s~gnificant degradation due to land disturbances. "Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area" or "CBPA" means any land designated by the City Council pursuant to Part III of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations, 9 VAC 10-20-70 et seq., and Section 10.1-2107 of the Code of Virginia. A Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area shall consmt of a Resource Protection Area and a Resource Management Area. "Construction footprint" means the area of all impervious surface including, but not limited to, buildings, roads and drives, parking areas, and sidewalks and the area necessary for construction of such improvements.