The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Tuesday night in the colonial courthouse to consider an ordinance amending the stormwater management portion of county code. The public hearing will begin at 7 o’clock and the board’s regular meeting will start at 6:30.

According to a county notice, the primary purpose of the proposed amendment is to allow Gloucester County to elect to use certain tiered-water quantity control standards based on the percentage of impervious cover in the watershed for determining the water quantity technical criteria. This would be applicable to a land disturbance equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet, but less than one acre.

It would also allow acceptance of signed and sealed plans by a licensed professional in lieu of a local review of the stormwater management plan for any land disturbing activity of 2,500 square feet or more, but less than one acre.

The board is also expected to adopt its 2019 Floodplain Manage...