Virginia Code 62.1-44.15:27.3: Acceptance of signed and sealed plan in lieu of local plan review.
A. Any rural Tidewater locality, whether or not it administers a VSMP or VESCP pursuant to § 62.1-44.15:27, may require that a licensed professional retained by the applicant prepare and submit a set of plans and supporting calculations for a land-disturbing activity of 2,500 square feet or more but less than one acre in extent.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 62.1-44.15:27.3
- Applicant: means any person submitting a soil erosion control and stormwater management plan to a VESMP authority, or a stormwater management plan to the Board when it is serving as a VSMP authority, for approval in order to obtain authorization to commence a land-disturbing activity. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.15:24
- Certificate: means any certificate or permit issued by the Department. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
- land-disturbing activity: means a man-made change to the land surface that may result in soil erosion or has the potential to change its runoff characteristics, including construction activity such as the clearing, grading, excavating, or filling of land. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.15:24
- Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
- plan: means a document describing methods for controlling soil erosion and managing stormwater in accordance with the requirements adopted pursuant to this article. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.15:24
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
- VESCP: means a program approved by the Board that is established by a VESCP authority pursuant to Article 2. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.15:24
- VSMP: means a program established by the Board pursuant to § Virginia Code 62.1-44.15:24
B. Such professional shall be licensed to engage in practice in the Commonwealth under Chapter 4 of Title 54.1 and shall hold a certificate of competence in the appropriate subject area, as provided in § 62.1-44.15:30.
C. Such plans and supporting calculations shall be appropriately signed and sealed by the professional with a certification that states: “This plan is designed in accordance with applicable state law and regulations.”
D. The rural Tidewater locality is authorized to accept such signed and sealed plans in satisfaction of the requirement of this article that, for a land-disturbing activity of 2,500 square feet or more but less than one acre in extent, it retain a local certified plan reviewer or conduct a local plan review. This section shall not excuse any applicable performance bond requirement pursuant to § 62.1-44.15:34 or 62.1-44.15:57.
2018, c. 155.