Property request · wetlands permit
Jessica Wittkamp: install 297 linear feet of armor stone revetment channelward of an existing bulkhead and to remove five (5) failed timber groins and replace with five (5) 48’low -profile timber groins (Potomac River)
Wetlands Board decides (county’s record, Feb 10)Approved, unanimously · Feb 10
A step the records show opens the record itself.
In plain words
Jessica Wittkamp has applied for a permit for shoreline work along the Potomac River at 845 Virmar Beach Road.1 Application No. 26-0015 asks to install 297 linear feet of armor stone revetment, a rock bank cover, channelward of an existing bulkhead.1 The application also asks to remove five (5) failed timber groins and replace them with five low-profile timber groins.1 At the Wetlands Board meeting on February 10, 2026, Joseph Scott, agent for the owner, described the project.2 He said the plan is to get a permit to put rock to the top of the bank, but to install it only halfway.2 The minutes say there were no objections, and Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years.2
Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.
Where each sentence comes from
- “along the shoreline of the Potomac River and 845 Virmar Beach Road” … “to install 297 linear feet of armor stone revetment channelward of an existing bulkhead” … “to remove five (5) failed timber groins”The matter as the records title it
- “Joseph Scott, agent for the owner, described the project.” … “the plan is to get a permit to put rock to the top of the bank, but to install it only halfway” … “there being no objections, Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years”Feb 10, 2026 · Wetlands Board · In the minutes
Written automatically from the county’s records. Each sentence has to quote the record it comes from, word for word, or it’s left out. The records have the final say.
The official wording
Application No. 26-0015 Jessica Wittkamp – to install 297 linear feet of armor stone revetment channelward of an existing bulkhead and to remove five (5) failed timber groins and replace with five (5) 48’low -profile… Show allShow less
Application No. 26-0015 Jessica Wittkamp – to install 297 linear feet of armor stone revetment channelward of an existing bulkhead and to remove five (5) failed timber groins and replace with five (5) 48’low -profile timber groins along the shoreline of the Potomac River and 845 Virmar Beach Road.
Words the law defines
Wetlands board
“‘Wetlands board’ or ‘board’ means a board created pursuant to § 28.2-1303.”
Code of Virginia § 28.2-1300, Chapter 13. Wetlands
What’s happened
- Tue10Feb
Wetlands Board · a vote
ApprovedThe Board’s vote
After review of the project and there being no objections, Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. George Rew seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.
Moved by Fisher, seconded by Rew
Meeting by meeting, newest first, in the records’ own words. Each vote names the minutes it’s written in.
The records
- Tue10Feb
Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.