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Commission initiates text amendment to add resiliency assessments for shoreline development

Alexandria Planning Commission · September 4, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff proposed Article 13 changes to require 30-year resiliency assessments using state-approved models and to add resilience adaptation measures for Resource Protection Areas. The commission voted to initiate the amendment and recommend Council approval, 6-0.

City staff presented a zoning text amendment to update Article 13 of the Environmental Management Ordinance to align with state-level updates to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act. Gavin Beliteri (stormwater principal planner) told commissioners the change would require applicants who propose disturbance in Resource Protection Areas (RPAs) to submit resiliency assessments that use…

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