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State-mandated Chesapeake Bay ordinance updates headed to public hearing July 17; county must add resilience standards
Summary
Planning staff told supervisors on June 3 that changes to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas regulations—driven by the state—will require York County to add coastal-resilience and sea-level-rise review steps and to update buffer and tree-preservation language.
A planning presentation on June 3 told the York County Board of Supervisors that statewide updates to Chesapeake Bay preservation regulations require local ordinance changes by state deadline.
Staff said the regulations, adopted by the Virginia Water Control Board in September 2021, emphasize coastal resilience and adaptation to sea-level rise and require localities with Chesapeake Bay preservation ordinances to incorporate new resiliency assessments for developments that encroach into Resource Protection Areas (RPAs). The draft…
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