[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Chesapeake (VA) council reverses zoning on land near Fentress Field

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Better late than never on Fentress

Editorial
Virginian-Pilot
March 21, 2013

With another round of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission  
proceedings on the horizon, the last thing elected officials in  
Hampton Roads need to do is send a signal they're wavering in their  
commitment to ensure the region's military installations can operate  
unimpeded.

But that's exactly what Chesapeake's City Council did a month ago  
with a 5-4 vote to rezone land for a 31-home subdivision about 2-1/2  
miles from Fentress Naval Auxiliary Field.

The decision ignored repeated appeals by the Navy to turn down the  
rezoning and was in direct violation of a pact the city and Virginia  
Beach made with the Navy to restrict development near Fentress and  
Oceana Naval Air Station after the last round of BRAC closures in 2005.

This week, fortunately, the council voted unanimously to correct its  
mistake and clarify regulations designed to prevent encroachment.

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For the entire editorial, see
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/03/better-late-never-fentress

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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