Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Atlantic shoreline
- Geographic extent
- Atlantic shoreline of Virginia Beach
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Prohibition on permanent alteration of coastal primary sand dunes
No permanent alteration of or construction upon any coastal primary sand dune shall take place which would (i) impair the natural functions of the dune, (ii) physically alter the contour of the dune, or (iii) destroy vegetation growing thereon unless the Board determines that there will be no significant adverse ecological impact, or that the granting of a permit is clearly necessary and consistent with the public interest.
- Emergency sand gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. on Atlantic shoreline
Sand grading activities are permitted on coastal primary sand dunes located on the Atlantic shoreline of the City of Virginia Beach if otherwise permitted by law, and if the city manager has declared an emergency and has issued a permit for this purpose.
From the ordinance
No permanent alteration of or construction upon any coastal primary sand dune shall take place which would (i) impair the natural functions of the dune, (ii) physically alter the contour of the dune, or (iii) destroy vegetation growing thereon unless the Board determines that there will be no significant adverse ecological impact, or that the granting of a permit is clearly necessary and consistent with the public interest.