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RPA stands for Resource Protection Area. Resource Protection Area is a 100 foot buffer area required around perennial streams, tidal wetlands and certain non-tidal wetlands. No development or land disturbance is allowed in this 100-foot area unless permitted by the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance Administrative Board.

The board meets every 2^nd Wednesday of the month at 7 pm in the Colonial Courthouse in the Courthouse Circle.  Please contact the Environmental Programs Administrator at 804-693-1217 for additional information pertaining to meeting dates and deadlines.

You may have a consultant assist with the determination of the Resource Protection Area.  All determinations should be reviewed and confirmed by the Environmental Programs Administrator.  Please  804-693-1217 for further information.

Any land disturbance over 2,500 square feet requires a land disturbance permit from Gloucester County. Please contact Mike Hudgins at 693-1217 for information pertaining to land disturbance permits.

The RPA is a natural area of trees and other plants which filter and remove pollutants from runoff before the runoff enters a river or wetland area. Plants in the buffer area take up pollutants and improve water quality. Roots keep soil in place and prevent sediment from smothering aquatic animals and blocking sunlight needed by plants for photosynthesis, and much more.

Water dependent facility means a development of land that cannot exist outside of the Resource Protection Area and must be located on the shoreline by reason of intrinsic nature of its operation. These facilities include, but are not limited to: (i) ports; (ii) the intake and outfall structures of power plants, water treatment plants, sewage plants and storm sewers; (iii) marinas and other boat docking structures; (iv) beaches and other public water-oriented recreation areas; and (v) fisheries or other marine resources facilities.