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Property request · wetlands permit

Marie Johnson: remove an existing timber bulkhead and install 83 linear feet of bulkhead in the same footprint (Taskmakers Creek)

  1. Wetlands Board hearing (county’s record, Mar 10)Mar 10

  2. Wetlands Board decides (county’s record, Mar 10)Denied, unanimously · Mar 10

A step the records show opens the record itself.

About the Wetlands Board

In plain words

Marie Johnson applied to remove an existing timber bulkhead and install 83 linear feet of bulkhead in the same footprint along the shoreline of Taskmakers Creek and 77 Connies Lane.1 On January 13, 2026, agent Roger McKinley asked the Wetlands Board to table the project until the February 10, 2026 meeting, and the Board unanimously approved.2 On February 10, 2026, McKinley said they would install a 35 foot long living shoreline that includes a stone breakwater, and plant vegetation in that section.3 The Board then voted unanimously to table the request until the March meeting and to ask VIMS to review the project and determine the square feet of wetland grass involved.3 On March 10, 2026, Philip Marston said the project had been revised and now sits beyond the Board's jurisdiction, staked eight (8) feet behind the bulkhead.4 The Board unanimously approved a motion to deny the project without prejudice.4

Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “Marie Johnson – to remove an existing timber bulkhead and install 83 linear feet of bulkhead in the same footprint along the shoreline of Taskmakers Creek and 77 Connies Lane.”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Roger McKinley, agent for the owner, requested that this project be tabled until the February 10, 2026 meeting.” … “seconded by Albert Fisher the request was unanimously approved”Jan 13, 2026 · Wetlands Board · In the minutes
  3. “He said they would install a 35 foot long living shoreline which includes a stone breakwater.” … “they would plant vegetation in the 35 foot section to compensate” … “motion to table the request until the March meeting and request VIMS review the project and determine the number of square feet of wetland grass involved” … “The Board unanimously approved.”Feb 10, 2026 · Wetlands Board · In the minutes
  4. “The project has been revised and is now located beyond the Board’s jurisdiction.” … “he visited the site and saw that it was staked eight (8) feet behind the bulkhead” … “Albert Fisher made a motion to deny the project without prejudice” … “the Board unanimously approved”Mar 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. 25-2662 Marie Johnson – to remove an existing timber bulkhead and install 83 linear feet of bulkhead in the same footprint along the shoreline of Taskmakers Creek and 77 Connies Lane.

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

  1. Tue10Mar

    Wetlands Board · a vote

    DeniedThe Board’s vote

    After a brief discussion, Albert Fisher made a motion to deny the project without prejudice. George Rew seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.

    Moved by Fisher, seconded by Rew

    Minutes, Mar 10Open it in the meeting →

  2. Tue10Feb

    Wetlands Board · a vote

    TabledThe Board’s vote

    Albert Fisher made a motion to table the request until the March meeting and request VIMS review the project and determine the number of square feet of wetland grass involved. Robert Vanlandingham seconded the motion. The Board unanimously approved.

    Moved by Fisher, seconded by Vanlandingham

    Minutes, Feb 10Open it in the meeting →

  3. Tue13Jan

    Wetlands Board · a vote

    TabledThe Board’s vote

    Roger McKinley, agent for the owner, requested that this project be tabled until the February 10, 2026 meeting. On a motion by Robert Vanlandingham, seconded by Albert Fisher the request was unanimously approved.

    Moved by Vanlandingham, seconded by Fisher

    Minutes, Jan 13Open it in the meeting →

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The records

Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.

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How a wetlands permit is decided

Work in tidal wetlands and along the shoreline, such as riprap, bulkheads and sills, needs a permit. The county's Wetlands Board decides these applications after an advertised public hearing.

Applications are also filed with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, which assigns the application number used to follow a request.

The law: Va. Code § 28.2-1302 (Adoption of wetlands zoning ordinance; terms of ordinance). This describes the general process, not this decision.