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The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries constitute an important and productive estuarine system, providing economic and social benefits to the citizens of the City of Norfolk and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The health of the Chesapeake Bay is vital to maintaining the city's economy and the welfare of its citizens. The intent of the city and the purposes of the Overlay District are to: (1) protect existing high quality state waters; (2) restore all other state waters to a condition or quality that will permit all reasonable public uses and will support the propagation and growth of all aquatic life, including game fish, which might reasonably be expected to inhabit them; (3) safeguard the clean waters of the Commonwealth from pollution; (4) prevent any increase in pollution; (5) reduce existing pollution; and (6) promote water resource conservation in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the present and future citizens of the city. |