Richmond County Circuit Court August 6, 2003, Case No. HS-654-4 (Pony Farm Associates, L.L.P. v. City of Richmond)

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

In this action, the owners of a tract of land challenge the City of Richmond’s designation of two streams on the land as “tributary streams” and the property surrounding the streams as Resource Protection Areas (“RPAs”) under the city’s Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act Ordinance. An evidentiary hearing was held on July 9.