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Commission urged to review Virginia Erosion & Sediment Control model ordinance ahead of July 1 effective date

Tazewell County Planning Commission · March 1, 2026
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Summary

County engineering told the Planning Commission that the Virginia Erosion and Sediment (E & S) Control Model Ordinance becomes effective July 1, 2024; commissioners were asked to review the model ordinance and prepare comments for the next meeting and a public hearing will be required for local adoption.

Kenneth Dunford Jr., Director of County Engineering, told the Planning Commission on Feb. 8 that the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Model Ordinance will be effective July 1, 2024, and asked commissioners to review the state model prior to the next meeting and prepare comments for a required public hearing.

Dunford said the commission should be ready to discuss local adoption steps before the July effective date and that a public hearing will need to be scheduled as part of the local-ordinance adoption process. No formal action to adopt a local ordinance was taken at the meeting; the entry in the minutes records an instruction to review the statewide model and prepare for a future public hearing.