Local Forest-Related Ordinances

The following information describes the local forest-related ordinances enacted by Virginia's counties and incorporated cities. To report forestry-related changes or proposed changes to the local code in your community, please contact us. For more information on the ordinances in your community, please contact your local government directly.

This information is provided as a public service, and the VDOF does not warrant or guarantee its accuracy. This information is not intended as legal advice.

Counties

• Accomack County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Albemarle County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Scenic Harvesting)
• Alleghany County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Scenic Harvesting)
• Amelia County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Amherst County. (Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Appomattox County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Arlington County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning)
• Augusta County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Bath County: Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Bedford County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Bland County. (Erosion and Sediment)
• Botetourt County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Brunswick County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Buchanan County. Not available online.
• Buckingham County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Campbell County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Caroline County. (Erosion and Sediment, Chesapeake Bay)
• Carroll County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay, Wetlands)
• Charles City County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Charlotte County. (Ordinances)
• Chesterfield County. (Erosion and Sediment, Chesapeake Bay)
• Clarke County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Streamside Buffers, Harvesting, Pesticides, Zoning l Water l Forestry
• Craig County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Culpepper County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Cumberland County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Dickenson County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Dinwiddie County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Zoning l Other: Not online.
• Essex County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Wetland, Chesapeake Bay)
• Fairfax County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Wetland, Chesapeake Bay)
• Fauquier County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Floyd County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning)
• Fluvanna County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Franklin County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Harvesting)
• Frederick County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Giles County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Zoning, Other: not online.
• Gloucester County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Goochland County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetland, Chesapeake Bay)
• Grayson County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Zoning, Other: Not online.
• Greene County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Greensville County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Halifax County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Hanover County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Henrico County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Chesapeake Bay)
• Henry County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Conservation zoning)
• Highland County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Isle of Wight County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay, Buffers, Floodplain Zoning, Zoning, Other: Not online
• James City County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Scenic Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay, Harvesting, Pesticides)
• King and Queen County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay)
• King George County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay)
• King William County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Lancaster County. Ordinance l Supplement (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Lee County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment)
• Loudon County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Scenic, Harvesting)
• Louisa County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Lunenburg County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Madison County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Mathews County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay)
• Mecklenburg County. Not available online. (Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Middlesex County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay, Other water-related)
• Montgomery County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Nelson County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• New Kent County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay, Harvesting)
• Northampton County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Wetland, Chesapeake Bay)
• Northumberland County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Wetland, Chesapeake Bay)
• Nottoway County. Not available online. (Floodplain)
• Orange County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Page County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Patrick County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Pittsylvania County. Not available online. (Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Powhatan County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Prince Edward County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Scenic)
• Prince George County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Prince William County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay, Harvesting)
• Pulaski County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Rappahannock County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Richmond County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Chesapeake Bay)
• Roanoke County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Rockbridge County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Rockingham County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Russell County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Scott County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Shenandoah County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Stream Buffers)
• Smyth County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Zoning l Other: Not online.
• Southampton County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Spotsylvania County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay, Other water, Harvesting)
• Stafford County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Scenic, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay)
• Surry County:
• Sussex County:
• Tazewell County. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Warren County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Scenic, Harvesting, Zoning
• Washington County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Westmoreland County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay)
• Wise County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Wythe County. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• York County. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Scenic, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay, Harvesting)

Incorporated Cities

• Alexandria. (Erosion and Sediment l Zoning)
• Bedford. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Bristol. (Floodplain)
• Buena Vista. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Zoning Other: Not online.)
• Charlottesville. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Chesapeake. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay, Harvesting)
• Clifton Forge. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Colonial Heights. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Wetland, Chesapeake Bay)
• Covington. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Danville. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Zoning)
• Emporia. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Fairfax. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Falls Church. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning)
• Franklin. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Fredericksburg. (Erosion and Sediment, Wetland)
• Galax. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning)
• Hampton. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetland, Chesapeake Bay, Pesticides)
• Harrisonburg. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Pesticides,
• Hopewell. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetland, Chesapeake Bay)
• Lexington. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Zoning, Other: Not online.
• Lynchburg. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Manassas. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Manassas Park. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Martinsville. Not available online. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning)
• Newport News. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetland)
• Norfolk. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetland, Chesapeake Bay)
• Norton. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Petersburg. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Poquoson. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetlands, Harvesting, Pesticides)
• Portsmouth. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay)
• Radford. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)
• Richmond. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain, Chesapeake Bay)
• Roanoke. (Erosion and Sediment)
• Salem. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Staunton. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Suffolk. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay)
• Virginia Beach. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay)
• Waynesboro. (Erosion and Sediment, Fire/Burning, Floodplain)
• Williamsburg. (Erosion and Sediment, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay)
• Winchester. (Erosion and Sediment, Floodplain)

Last modified 2007-09-04