Stormwater Management Plan Design & Maintenance Requirements

Font Size: + -

Feedback Print

Design Guidance

An Erosion and Stormwater Management Plan is required for most land disturbing activity that will disturb over one (1) acre or will convert more than 10,000 square feet of land from pervious to impervious surfaces. Certain land disturbing activities are exempt as outlined in Section 11-5 of the Fauquier County Erosion & Stormwater Management Ordinance.

The Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Regulation includes technical criteria that must be met in the Stormwater Management Plan. There are two sets of criteria:

Water quantity and water quality technical criteria (formerly known as “Part II B”)
Water quantity and water quality technical criteria for grandfathered projects (formerly known as “Part II C”)

Section 11-6 of the Ordinance lays out the Technical Criteria for Regulated Activities/Grandfathering. For more information on what technical criteria must be followed for a given project, please refer to the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Regulation.

Project driven plan requirements for stormwater management are available for:

The new/updated Virginia Stormwater Management Handbook provides guidance on the standards and specifications for construction and post-construction BMPs that should be used in plan design. The Handbook provides CAD and PDF file downloads for all BMPs listed. In addition to the design specifications available in the Handbook, further stormwater design requirements are set forth in Chapter 2 of the Fauquier County Design Standards Manual (DSM).

Stormwater Handbook

Questions pertaining to Stormwater Management Plan design and plan approval can be directed to Rick Ashley, PE or Linda Unkefer, PE.

Maintenance Agreement

Prior to the issuance of a VESMP Permit, a Stormwater Management/BMP Maintenance Agreement is required to be reviewed and approved by the Department of Community Development and recorded in the Clerk’s Office. The agreement must include an addendum that provides a summary of each SWM practice implemented on the site along with a Stormwater Management Maintenance Schedule.

Maintenance and Inspections

The property owner or responsible party, as set forth in the maintenance agreement, is responsible for the proper operation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of SWM facilities, after the completion of construction. All inspection, maintenance, and repair activities shall be documented. Operation, maintenance and inspection records must be retained for at least five years. These records shall be made available to the County upon request.

Before December 31st of each year, the property owner or responsible party must submit to the County copies of the documentation for all inspection and maintenance activities that occurred during the year. Please visit the SWM Maintenance & Inspections Submission page for forms and submission requirements.