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Planning staff outlines upcoming Chesapeake Bay rule changes, resiliency assessments and tree protections
Summary
Assistant Director Meg Pittenger briefed the commission on state-mandated changes to Chesapeake Bay preservation-area rules, including required resiliency assessments (default 30-year lifespan), emphasis on preserving mature trees, and nature-based adaptation measures; staff will prepare ordinance updates and application guidance.
Meg Pittenger, assistant director of planning, on Aug. 19 gave commissioners an overview of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area program and upcoming regulatory changes required by state law.
Pittenger summarized the program’s purpose—to prevent nonpoint-source pollution into the Bay and its tributaries—and reviewed core elements: the 100-foot resource protection area (RPA) buffer, the resource management area, and permitted uses inside RPAs (water-dependent uses and limited redevelopment that does not increase impervious cover). She reminded commissioners that in Suffolk the RPA also includes 100-foot buffers around drinking-water…
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