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Dewey Beach appoints infrastructure committee members and clarifies building-permit language
Summary
Council appointed three members to the infrastructure committee, approved code edits to clarify roofing/siding permit thresholds (remove 'sheathing'), and referred a demolition-threshold clarification to Planning and Zoning.
At its April 17 meeting, the Dewey Beach Town Council filled vacancies on the infrastructure committee and passed technical code clarifications intended to streamline permitting.
Commissioner Jazinski nominated Jeff Growski, Michael Boyd and Deborah Phillips Goldenberg to expand the infrastructure committee to seven members; council approved the appointments unanimously. Commissioner Jazinski said the new members bring professional and local experience relevant to resiliency and infrastructure projects.
On permitting, building official Jim Deis asked the council to amend a recently adopted ordinance that had mistakenly used the term "sheathing" (substructure) where the intent was to refer to "shingles" or "siding." A roofer in the audience confirmed the change is administrative in nature; the council approved the correction so that replacement of roofing or siding not exceeding 25% remains a notification-level activity rather than a full building-permit trigger.
Council also discussed an ambiguous demolition threshold provision that ties alterations above 50% of square footage in a 12-month period to new-code conformity. Members agreed the provision merited referral to Planning and Zoning for detailed review, particularly because many older, legal nonconforming houses could be affected.
