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Chesapeake Bay Board

 


Members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors for five-year terms and its members also serve on the Wetlands Board. The Board is responsible for ensuring that the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas are developed in a manner that protects the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by minimizing nonpoint source pollution into County wetlands, streams, and lakes from uses of land in the County.

 

Staff Representative:
Scott Thomas
Environmental Division - 253-6670
Term Expires
District
David Gussman
09/09/12
Stonehouse
Larry T. Waltrip
02/28/11
Jamestown
Henry C. Lindsey
10/01/08
Jamestown
John Hughes
03/31/10
Jamestown
William Apperson
02/28/12
Stonehouse

 

Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance

The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance was adopted on August 6, 1990. The purpose of the ordinance is to protect against and minimize pollution and deposition of sediment in wetlands, streams and lakes in James City County which are tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. It is intended to assist in the overall protection of the Chesapeake Bay from nonpoint source pollution generated from land uses within the Bay's watershed.

 

The ordinance designates the entire County as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area (CBPA) comprised of Resource Protection Areas (RPA) and Resource Management Areas (RMA). RPAs include tidal wetlands, tidal shores, nontidal wetlands adjacent to tidal wetlands or perennial streams and a 100-foot wide buffer area adjacent to and landward of the other RPA components. RMA areas are all other lands within the County.

 

All development or redevelopment activities exceeding 2,500 square feet of land disturbance are subject to the plan of development review process. Most land use activities in the RPA are generally prohibited unless they are water-dependent or constitute redevelopment. For more information about how to comply with the requirements of the Chesapeake Bay Ordinance, contact the Environmental Division at (757) 253-6670.

 

The information listed below gives you information on how to contact members as well as lists the meeting and advertisement dates.  The Chesapeake Bay Board meets monthly. In order for the Environmental Division to review the application and advertise the required public hearing in a local newspaper, you need to submit your application a minimum of six weeks prior to the Board meeting. See information below on the meeting and advertisement dates.

 

Name
Address
Home Phone
Office Phone
Henry C. Lindsey 117 Spring Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
757-229-5569 N/A
David Gussman 7308 Church Lane
Toano, VA 23168
(757) 565-1035 N/A
William Apperson 490 Fenton Mill Road
Williamsburg, VA 23188
757-566-2035
after 7:00 p.m.
N/A
Larry Waltrip 100 Lands End Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 229-4576 (757) 229-0434
John Hughes 6 Hiawatha Court
Williamsburg, VA 23185
757-253-0874

757-253-0874

Meeting Application
Deadline
Ad Date Displayed in
Virginia Gazette
January 9, 2008 11/28/07 12/26/07 and 01/02/08
February 13, 2008 01/02/08 01/30/08 and 02/06/08
March 12 2008 01/30/08 02/27/08 and 03/05/08
April 9, 2008 02/27/08 03/26/08 and 04/02/08
May 14, 2008 04/02/08 04/30/08 and 05/07/08
June 11, 2008 04/30/08 05/28/08 and 06/04/08
July 9, 2008 05/28/08 06/25/08 and 07/02/08
August 13, 2008 07/02/08 07/30/08 and 08/06/08
September 10, 2008 07/30/08 08/27/08 and 09/03/08
October 8, 2008 08/27/08 09/24/08 and 10/01/08
November 12, 2008 10/01/08 10/29/08 and 11/05/08
December 10, 2008 10/29/08 11/26/08 and 12/03/08