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Portsmouth to add sea-level-rise and resiliency reviews to Chesapeake Bay preservation area rules
Summary
Planning staff alerted the commission that state law requires local updates to Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area regulations: applications will need resiliency assessments for sea-level rise, flooding and storm surge, and the city must adopt the changes by Oct. 31, 2025.
Principal planner Valerie Melzyn told the Planning Commission that the City of Portsmouth must update its Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area ordinance (Chapter 9.1 of the city code) to incorporate mandatory state requirements for resiliency and sea-level-rise assessments.
Melzyn said the state code now requires localities to assess how sea-level rise,…
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