Suffolk's Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance, City Code Chapter 34, requires a Land Disturbance Permit before clearing or grading. The threshold is just 2,500 square feet inside Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas, far below the 10,000-square-foot statewide floor.
Erosion control in Suffolk falls under Chapter 34 of the City Code, administered by the Public Works Department as part of the city's combined erosion and stormwater program under the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Act. Statewide, land-disturbing activity of 10,000 square feet or more is regulated, but in a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act locality like Suffolk the threshold falls to 2,500 square feet. Approved plans require silt fence, sediment traps, stabilized construction entrances, and inlet protection kept in place until the site is permanently stabilized. Single-family homeowners may sign an Agreement in Lieu of a Plan rather than filing a full engineered plan.
Clearing or grading without an approved plan or Land Disturbance Permit brings stop-work orders, civil penalties, and required restoration. Letting sediment leave the site into wetlands or the Nansemond River escalates enforcement.
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