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Planning commission backs new rules for roadways over dams, emergency-access plat notes
Summary
The Loudoun County Planning Commission voted to forward amendments to the Facilities Standards Manual that would prevent publicly maintained fire apparatus access roads from crossing dam embankments and add required plat notes for maintenance of emergency-only access ways.
The Loudoun County Planning Commission voted 8-0-1 on May 27 to forward amendments to the county Facilities Standards Manual (FSM) that would adopt local standards for roadways over dam embankments and add plat notes clarifying maintenance responsibilities for fire apparatus access roads and fire lane identification.
Why it matters: County staff told commissioners that failing dam embankments can create costly emergency repairs and block emergency access. The measure is aimed at lowering public-safety risk by keeping primary publicly maintained emergency access off dam embankments and by making maintenance responsibilities explicit for private roads serving emergency vehicles.
The proposal, filed as DOAM 02/5001, would apply prospectively to new subdivision and site plans and adds a…
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