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Agenda Item
21. 24-288 WTA2024-00001 Amendments to Water Protection Ordinance and Associated Fee Schedule. To receive comments on proposed ordinances to conform the County's Water Protection Ordinance (County Code Chapter 17) and fee schedule (County Code Chapter 1, Article 5) to the mandates of the new Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Act (Virginia Code § 62.1-44.15:24 et seq.), Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Regulation (9VAC25-875), and amended state regulations on the General VPDES Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities (9VAC25-880), each of which takes effect July 1, 2024. These proposed ordinances would repeal County Code Sections 17-208, 17-302, 17-303, 17-810, and 17-903, and would amend County Code Sections 1-503, 17-101, 17-102, 17-103, 17-104, 17-105, 17-200, 17-201, 17-202, 17-203, 17-204, 17-205, 17-207, 17-211, 17-300, 17-301, 17-304, 17-305, 17-306, 17-400, 17-401, 17-402, 17-403, 17-404, 17-405, 17-407, 17-408, 17-410, 17-411, 17-413, 17-415, 17-416, 17-417, 17-418, 17-419, 17-421, 17-422, 17-423, 17-424, 17-500, 17-501, 17-502, 17-600, 17-602, 17-701, 17-800, 17-801, 17-802, 17-803, 17-804, 17-805, 17-806, 17-808, 17-809, 17-811, 17-813, 17-814, 17-900, 17-901, 17-902, and 17-904, among others, by replacing existing references to the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program (VESCP) and the Virginia Stormwater Management Program (VSMP) (and the documents and processes associated with each) with references to the new consolidated Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program (VESMP) (and its associated documents and processes). The proposed ordinances would also incorporate updated state regulations on the General VPDES Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities. The proposed ordinances would also make non-substantive clarifications and have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024.