{"data":{"id":"us-va/9vac25-875-260","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"9VAC25-875-260","heading":"Land-disturbing activities in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas","body":"A. Localities subject to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act shall regulate runoff associated with land-disturbing activities in a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet but less than one acre in accordance with the following:\n\n1. The technical criteria and program and administrative requirements set out in 9VAC25-875-740;\n\n2. A local land disturbance approval, as applicable, shall be provided for the land-disturbing activity;\n\n3. The locality shall regulate such land-disturbing activities in compliance with the:\n\na. Program requirements in 9VAC25-875-100;\n\nb. Plan review requirements in 9VAC25-875-110 with the exception of subsection D of 9VAC25-875-110 or as allowed in subsection A of 9VAC25-875-750;\n\nc. Long-term stormwater management facility requirements of 9VAC25-875-130;\n\nd. Inspection requirements of 9VAC25-875-140 with the exception of subdivisions A 3 and A 4 of 9VAC25-875-140;\n\ne. Enforcement components of 9VAC25-875-150;\n\nf. Hearing procedures in effect in the locality;\n\ng. Exception conditions of 9VAC25-875-170, excluding subsection A of 9VAC25-875-170, which is not applicable; and\n\nh. Reporting and recordkeeping requirements of 9VAC25-875-180 with the exception of subdivision B 3 of 9VAC25-875-180.\n\nB. A locality subject to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act shall adopt an ordinance that incorporates the components of this section.\n\nC. As authorized by § 62.1-44.15:28 of the Code of Virginia, a locality may collect a fee as specified in 9VAC25-875-1400.","path":["Title 9. Environment","Agency 25. State Water Control Board","Chapter 875. Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Regulation","Part III. Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program","Article 2. Land-Disturbing Activities"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title9/agency25/chapter875/section260/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:27Z","sha256":"cc28ade22046777c1f6ed7e62dedcb0c0f5bdfacc375f3f9a59a8a7fdca28260","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/9vac25-875-250","next":"us-va/9vac25-875-270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}