Property request · wetlands permit
Thomas J. Demuth: remove 100 feet of bulkhead and install 100 linear feet of riprap revetment and to top existing groin with 85 linear feet of stone (Potomac River)
Wetlands Board decides (county’s record, Apr 14)Approved, unanimously · Apr 14
A step the records show opens the record itself.
In plain words
Thomas J. Demuth applied for permission to remove 100 feet of bulkhead and install 100 linear feet of riprap revetment along the shoreline of the Potomac River at 121 Pine Shore Lane.1 The application, No. 26-0285, also asked to top an existing groin, a shoreline structure, with 85 linear feet of stone.1 At the Wetlands Board meeting on April 14, 2026, Ryan Collier, agent for the owner, described the project and said the groin will be only as long as it was originally.2 With no objections, Albert Fisher moved to approve the application as submitted for three years, Robert Vanlandingham seconded, and the Board unanimously approved.2
Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.
Where each sentence comes from
- “Thomas J. Demuth – to remove 100 feet of bulkhead and install 100 linear feet of riprap revetment” … “along the shoreline of the Potomac River and 121 Pine Shore Lane” … “Application No. 26-0285” … “to top existing groin with 85 linear feet of stone”The matter as the records title it
- “Ryan Collier, agent for the owner, described the project and informed the Board that the groin will be only as long as it was originally.” … “there being no objections, Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. Robert Vanlandingham seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.”Apr 14, 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. 26-0285 Thomas J. Demuth – to remove 100 feet of bulkhead and install 100 linear feet of riprap revetment and to top existing groin with 85 linear feet of stone along the shoreline of the Potomac River and 121 Pine Shore 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
- Tue14Apr
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. Robert Vanlandingham seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.
Moved by Fisher, seconded by Vanlandingham
Meeting by meeting, newest first, in the records’ own words. Each vote names the minutes it’s written in.
The records
- Tue14Apr
Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.