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To amend and reordain City Code ? 14-234, concerning site-specific refinement of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area boundaries, for the purpose of authorizing the Chief Administrative Officer to make certain adjustments to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area boundaries.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That section 14-234 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020) be and is hereby amended and reordained as follows:
Sec. 14-234. Site-specific refinement of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area boundaries.
(a) The City shall, on all properties located within a designated Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area, as part of the Chesapeake Bay Site Plan review process pursuant to Section 14-263(10) or during the review of a water quality impact assessment pursuant to Section 14-264(6), ensure or confirm that:
(1) A reliable, site-specific evaluation is conducted to determine whether water bodies on or adjacent to the development site have perennial flow; and
(2) Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area boundaries are to be adjusted, as necessary, on the site, based on this evaluation of the site.
(b) Where no existing evaluation has been confirmed, the City shall ensure that a reliable, site-specific evaluation is conducted by either conducting the site evaluation or requiring the person applying to use or develop the site to conduct the evaluation and submit the resulting findings for review. When required by the City, site-specific evaluations shall be performed using one of the protocols acceptable to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, which include the North Carolina and Fairfax County field indicator protocols referred to in the document adopted by the Commonwealth of Virginia entitled "Determinations of Water Bodies with Perennial Flow, Guidance on the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations" and any other protocol either set forth in written guidance issued by the Virginia Department ...
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