Planning
Erosion and Sediment Control

A Land Disturbing Permit is required for any land disturbance of:

  • any project within a subdivision
  • any new home site in the Chesapeake/Atlantic Preservation Area Resource Management Area (RMA) needs an E&S Agreement (home + driveway + septic + well)
  • over 2,500 square feet on the bayside of the Chesapeake/Atlantic Preservation Area Resource Management Area (RMA)
  • over 3,500 square feet on the seaside of the Chesapeake/Atlantic Preservation Area Resource Management Area (RMA)
  • any project which encroaches into the Chesapeake Bay Resource Protection Area (RPA)100-foot waterfront buffer  needs an E&S Agreement or Administrative Exemption.

 

...except for the following exemptions:
  • Minor land-disturbing activities and individual home landscaping, repairs and maintenance work;

  • Individual service connections;

  • Installation, maintenance or repair of underground public utility lines when such activity is confined to an existing hard surfaced road, street or sidewalk;

  • Septic tank lines or drainage fields unless included in an overall plan for land-disturbing activity relating to construction of the building to be served by the septic tank system;

  • Surface or deep mining;

  • Exploration or drilling for oil and gas including the well site, roads, feeder lines and off-site disposal areas;

  • Tilling, planting or harvesting of agricultural, horticultural or forest crops, or livestock feedlot operations; including a specific list of engineering operations;

  • Repair or rebuilding of the tracks, right-of-way, bridges, communication facilities and other related structures, and facilities of a railroad company;

  • Agricultural engineering operations including but not limited to the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, desilting basins, dikes, ponds not required to comply with the provisions of the Virginia Dam Safety Act, ditches, strip-cropping, lister furrowing, contour cultivating, contour furrowing, land drainage and land irrigation.  Farm buildings are not exempt;

  • Installation of fence, sign, telephone, electric, or other kinds of posts or poles;

  • Shore erosion control projects on tidal waters when the projects are approved by local wetlands boards, the Marine Resources Commission or the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; and

  • Emergency work to protect life, limb or property, and emergency repairs.
If you are not sure if a Land Disturbing Permit is required for your proposed project, please contact the Department Planning for more information (contact information is in the right column).

Small projects and single family residential home development may be permitted with an "Agreement in Lieu of a Plan" rather than requiring a full Erosion and Sediment Control Plan.


 

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Department of Planning
Accomack County
23282 Courthouse Ave.
P.O. Box 686
Accomac, Virginia 23301

Director:
Rich Morrison
planning@co.accomack.va.us

8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
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(757) 787-5726
(757) 824-5324



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