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Walter Hill: install 104 linear feet of riprap sill (Owen Pond)

  1. Wetlands Board hearing (county’s record, Mar 11)Mar 11

  2. Wetlands Board decides (county’s record, Mar 11)Approved, unanimously · Mar 11

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In plain words

Application No. 24-2689 is a request by Walter Hill to install 104 linear feet of riprap sill along the shoreline of Owen Pond and 239 Watermans Way.1 Kelsey English, agent for the owner, said this is for a living shoreline, and that the project came before this Board because VMRC does not have jurisdiction over Owens Pond.2 Jeff Madden told the Board that the interior of Owens Pond, Gaskins Pond and Flag Pond are non-jurisdictional for VMRC.2 At the Wetlands Board meeting on March 11, 2025, Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application for three years.2 Robert Vanlandingham seconded the motion, and the Board unanimously approved.2

Summarized from the county’s records, September 30.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “Application No. 24-2689 Walter Hill – to install 104 linear feet of riprap sill along the shoreline of Owen Pond and 239 Watermans Way.”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Kelsey English, agent for the owner, said that this is for a living shoreline but as VMRC does not have jurisdiction over Owens Pond we had to bring the project before this Board” … “the interior of Owens Pond, Gaskins Pond and Flag Pond are non-jurisdictional for VMRC” … “Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application for three years” … “Robert Vanlandingham seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.”Mar 11, 2025 · Wetlands Board · In the minutes

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The official wording

Application No. 24-2689 Walter Hill – to install 104 linear feet of riprap sill along the shoreline of Owen Pond and 239 Watermans Way.

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. Tue11Mar

    Wetlands Board · a vote

    ApprovedWalter Hill: install 104 linear feet of riprap sill (Owen Pond)

    After review of the project and there being no objections, Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application for three years. Robert Vanlandingham seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.

    Moved by Fisher, seconded by Vanlandingham

    Minutes, Mar 11Open it in the meeting →

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The records

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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.