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James City County Chesapeake Bay Board approves exception for two retaining walls at 3319 Yarding Way
Summary
The James City County Chesapeake Bay Board on Feb. 12 approved an exception permitting two retaining walls at 3319 Yarding Way, finding the application met county ordinance conditions and that the applicants’ mitigation plan exceeded mitigation requirements.
The James City County Chesapeake Bay Board on Feb. 12 voted 5-0 to grant an exception allowing construction of two retaining walls at 3319 Yarding Way in the Stone House subdivision.
Staff said the lot is 0.59 acres and 48% of it lies inside the Resource Protection Area (RPA). Emily Grojean, watershed planner, told the board the proposal would create 1,905 square feet of administrative impacts and 228 square feet of legislative impacts — 2,133 square feet total — and that required mitigation for the…
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