Section 70. Site plan and context map requirements

A. The applicant shall submit a site plan that includes maps showing the physical features, topography, and land cover of the area within the site, both before and after construction of the proposed project. The site plan shall be submitted at a scale sufficient to show, and shall include, the following: (i) the boundaries of the site; (ii) the location, height, and dimensions of all existing and proposed wind turbines, other structures, fencing, and other infrastructure; (iii) the location, grades, and dimensions of all temporary and permanent on-site and access roads from the nearest county or state maintained road; and (iv) water bodies, waterways, wetlands, and drainage channels. For any part of a site that is located in nearshore waters, the site plan shall also include bathymetry; the location and depth of underground cables, transmission lines, and pipelines; navigational channels; and beaches, marshes, and other emergent terrestrial features.

B. The applicant shall submit a context map including the area encompassed by the site and within five miles of the site boundary. The context map shall show state and federal resource lands and other protected areas, Coastal Avian Protection Zones, historic resources, state roads, waterways, locality boundaries, forests, open spaces, and transmission and substation infrastructure. If any part of a site is located in nearshore waters, the context map shall also include bathymetry; navigational channels; commercially licensed fixed fishing devices; permitted aquaculture operations; shellfish leases; public shellfish grounds; artificial reefs; and submerged aquatic vegetation.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 27, Issue 06, eff. December 22, 2010.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1197.6 of the Code of Virginia.