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Norfolk staff reviews Chesapeake Bay preservation rules, shoreline projects and upcoming state resiliency requirements
Summary
City environmental staff reviewed Norfolk's wetlands, erosion control, dune protections, living shorelines and enforcement, and outlined state-mandated updates that will require sea-level-rise and storm modeling for waterfront work.
James Clark, Norfolk's environment manager, told the Planning Commission that the city enforces multiple water-quality programs in the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area, including wetland permitting, erosion and sediment (E&S) inspections, the Virginia Stormwater Management Program (VSMP) construction permit oversight, and dune protections.
Clark said Norfolk has about seven miles of bayfront beaches and roughly 4,000 properties inside the city's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area (CBPA). He described routine biweekly inspections of active construction sites, and said the city typically has about 175 active construction sites and more than 800 stormwater outfalls that lead directly to waterways.
The presentation summarized the city's permitting approach for shorelines: failing bulkheads are increasingly being replaced with living shorelines that restore marsh and plantings; homeowners and developers seeking shoreline work file joint permit applications, and many projects require multiple state and local permits. Clark said living…
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