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Planning commission to initiate DSM text amendment to match state stormwater threshold

Fauquier County Planning Commission · January 21, 2026
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Summary

Staff told the commission the county's Design Standards Manual currently applies a 10,000-square-foot threshold for stormwater conversion while state code allows up to an acre; staff recommended initiating a text amendment to align local practice with state code to ease design and maintenance burdens on small developments.

Fauquier County planning staff recommended the commission initiate a text amendment to the county's Design Standards Manual to align local stormwater thresholds with state code.

John Shellenberger, a county planning staff member, told commissioners the DSM "is more restrictive than the state code"…

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