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Portsmouth defers Chesapeake Bay overlay changes for DEQ review
Summary
The Planning Commission deferred proposed amendments to the Chesapeake Bay preservation overlay (CA‑25‑01) to allow review by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality; staff had recommended deferral and the commission voted to keep the public hearing open and consider the item again in October.
Portsmouth planning staff recommended and the Planning Commission on Sept. 2 voted to defer proposed amendments to the city’s Chesapeake Bay preservation overlay ordinance to allow the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to review the proposed language.
Principal planner Valerie Malzone told the commission DEQ asked that localities submit proposed ordinance amendments prior to adoption so the state agency can identify where prior local adoptions failed to meet state…
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