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Property request · wetlands permit

Gary and Laura Lewis: install 289 linear feet of riprap revetment (Glebe Creek)

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

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

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About the Wetlands Board

In plain words

Gary and Laura Lewis applied to install 289 linear feet of riprap revetment, a rock barrier, along the shoreline at Glebe Creek and 1246 Coan Harbor Drive.1 The Wetlands Board took up Application No. 26-1484 on August 11, 2026.2 Joseph Scott, agent for the owner, described the project and said a living shoreline was not recommended because of the canopy cover, the north facing site and the water drop off.3 There were no objections, and Robert Vanlandingham moved to approve the application as submitted for three years, seconded by Albert Fisher.3 The Board unanimously approved.2

Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “Gary and Laura Lewis – to install 289 linear feet of riprap revetment along the shoreline of Glebe Creek and 1246 Coan Harbor Drive”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Application No. 26-1484 Gary and Laura Lewis” … “the Board unanimously approved”Aug 11, 2026 · Wetlands Board · On the agenda
  3. “Joseph Scott, agent for the owner, described the project. He noted that due to the canopy cover, the site north facing and the water drop off, a living shoreline was not recommended.” … “there being no objections, Robert Vanlandingham made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. Albert Fisher seconded the motion”Aug 11, 2026 · Wetlands Board · In the minutes

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The official wording

Application No. 26-1484 Gary and Laura Lewis – to install 289 linear feet of riprap revetment along the shoreline of Glebe Creek and 1246 Coan Harbor Drive.

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. Tue11Aug

    Wetlands Board · a vote

    ApprovedGary and Laura Lewis: install 289 linear feet of riprap revetment (Glebe Creek)

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

    Moved by Vanlandingham, seconded by Fisher

    Minutes, Aug 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.