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Board approves replacement vinyl bulkheads at Phillips Creek; applicant to file corrected drawings
Summary
The Athens County Weblands Board approved a permit to replace two long vinyl bulkheads and wing walls at 192 Loa Haven Lane on Phillips Creek, subject to the applicant submitting corrected measurements and revised drawings to the BMRC.
ATHENS COUNTY — The Athens County Weblands Board approved a permit to replace two 28-foot vinyl bulkheads and two vinyl wing walls in the existing footprint at 192 Loa Haven Lane along Phillips Creek, with the condition that corrected measurements and revised drawings be filed with the BMRC.
Applicant Lauren Morgan told the board she submitted a revision the night of the meeting and corrected the lengths of the wing walls after questions from staff: one wing wall measures about 5.4 feet and the other about 3 feet. Morgan said she initially entered “0” for encroachment because the replacement would be in the same footprint and she planned to remove concrete and replace like-for-like.
Board staff pointed out that page 17 of the application incorrectly listed 0 square feet of encroachment despite the site photos showing shoreline features. Morgan said she would send corrected drawings and a revised site plan to the BMRC that evening and described a delicate excavation method she planned to use: “we are gonna dig up the top probably about 4 inches where we have to put the rods in,” she said, to reduce disturbance.
During discussion, a board member thanked staff and the applicant for working to reduce application confusion and said the office had already discussed process improvements with an assistant named Teresa to reduce future back-and-forth. No public speakers registered in favor or opposition at the hearing. The board moved to approve the project and recorded that the applicant must submit the corrected materials to the BMRC.
Discussion-only points: staff-identified form errors on encroachment square footage and earlier back-and-forth over which revision applied to submitted materials.
Decision and next steps: permit approved; applicant to file corrected drawings and the revised site plan with BMRC for the project record.
Background: The application was filed as BMRC permit 25-10076, map 22-7-2, described as replacement of existing bulkheads and wing walls along Phillips Creek.
