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Chesapeake Bay Board approves a string of Chesapeake Bay exception requests and a permit extension
Summary
The board approved multiple CBPA exception requests — including a deck extension, marina concrete pad, signage for Busch Gardens/Seaworld, a large access path at Colonial Parkway that reduces existing impervious area, and a two-year extension for an earlier permit — each with standard mitigation conditions and surety requirements.
At its Jan. 14 session, the James City County Chesapeake Bay Board reviewed several Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act exception requests and approved each with staff-recommended conditions.
Amanda Fraser, watershed planner, reported that homeowner Anne Bell asked to withdraw CBPA25-0154 (4332 Sprucemont) and staff agreed; no board action was required. Emily Grojean presented CBPA25-0141 (4748 West Hampton), an exception to extend an existing deck by five feet that would encroach 55 square feet into the 100-foot landward RPA buffer; staff described the impacts as minor and required mitigation of half a planting unit (six shrubs) plus a $500 surety. The board…
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