Fairfax County’s erosion ordinance pioneered builder escrow guarantees

Evidence

The Fairfax County ordinance soon became a model. It was easy to copy, since it simply required builders to secure county approval of erosion-control plans and to put money in escrow as a guarantee that the plans would be followed. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 832

Categorization

• XREF: The escrow mechanism is a concrete regulatory design detail relevant to the legal-systems course.