Environmental Rules in Suffolk, VA (2026)
1 verified environmental rules for Suffolk, Virginia, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Stormwater Management
Suffolk runs its own Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program through Public Works. Land disturbance of one acre or more needs a state VSMP construction permit, but across Suffolk's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas the local trigger drops to 2,500 square feet.
Suffolk Stormwater Management Rules
Heavy Restrictions9VAC25-875-740(A)
In order to protect the quality of state waters and to control the discharge of stormwater pollutants from land-disturbing activities, runoff associated with land-disturbing activities in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas that are equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet but less than one acre shall be regulated by localities subject to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act or, in the case of s...