(A) This subchapter is enacted to implement the requirements of VA Code §§ 62.1-44.15:72 et seq. (the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act), and 9 VAC §§ 25-830-20 et seq. Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area designation and management regulations.
(B) The intent of the Town Council and the purpose of the overlay district is to:
(1) Protect existing high-quality state waters;
(2) Restore all other state waters to a condition or quality that will permit all reasonable public uses and will support the propagation and growth of all aquatic life, including game fish, that might reasonably be expected to inhabit them;
(3) Safeguard the clean waters of the state from pollution;
(4) Prevent any increase in pollution;
(5) Reduce existing pollution; and
(6) Promote water resource conservation in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the present and future citizens of the town.
(C) This district shall be in addition to and shall overlay all other zoning districts where they are applied so that any parcel of land lying in the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District shall also lie in one or more of the other zoning districts provided for by this chapter. Unless otherwise stated in the overlay district, the review and approval procedures provided for in Chapters 111, 151, 152, and 156 of this code shall be followed in reviewing and approving development, redevelopment, and uses governed by this division.
(D) This subchapter is enacted under the authority of VA Code §§ 62.1-44.15:72 et seq. (the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act), and 9 VAC § 25-830-20, and VA Code § 15.2-2283, stating that “such ordinance may also include reasonable provisions, not inconsistent with applicable state water quality standards, to protect surface water and ground water as defined in VA Code § 62.1-255”.
(1998 Code, § 66-192) (Ord. passed 9-5-2017)