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Charles City County boards approve 365-foot private pier at Wilcox Neck Road with mitigation conditions
Summary
The Charles City County Wetlands and Chesapeake Bay Preservation boards on Oct. 7 approved owner Clay Jackson’s application to install a 365-foot pier and 10-by-12-foot platform at 8824 Wilcox Neck Road, subject to a licensed site plan, native plantings, erosion controls and a $1,000 surety.
On Oct. 7, 2024 the Charles City County Wetlands and Chesapeake Bay Preservation boards recommended approval of an application by property owner Clay Jackson to install a 365-foot pier with a 10-foot by 12-foot platform at 8824 Wilcox Neck Road on the Chickahominy River.
Sheri Adams, Deputy Zoning Administrator/Transportation Planner, summarized the proposal, saying, "Staff recommends approval with the following conditions." The project calls for approximately eighty or more eight-inch marine-treated pilings driven by compaction hammer, girdled with marine-treated timber and fastened with galvanized hardware. Wood mats would be used to move a 12,000-pound excavator/hammer across vegetated wetland during installation.
Board members and the contractor discussed construction methods; the contractor said traverse mats will be used and estimated the mats would remain in place for roughly three weeks. The contractor reported the dock would be about 4 feet in height and 5 feet in width. Conditions imposed by staff and adopted by the board include submission of a site plan prepared by a licensed surveyor or engineer under the county’s Combined Water Protection Ordinance, a required building permit, a native-species landscape element (trees at least 4 feet tall at planting; shrubs at least 2 feet), a pre-construction meeting with the CBPA inspector, and temporary and permanent soil stabilization in accordance with Virginia’s Erosion and Sediment Control Law and Regulations. A $1,000 surety for the project and E&S measures must be posted with the County and will be refunded upon the one-year anniversary of county acceptance; if plantings fail the surety must be renewed for another 12 months and replanting will be required.
The Wetlands Board approved the recommendation on a motion by Clyde L. Miles, seconded by Joanne Daniel, by a 4–0 vote. The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Board considered the same application later in the meeting and likewise recommended approval, also by a 4–0 vote. The next step for the applicant is to obtain the required building permit and complete the licensed site plan and pre-construction meeting before land disturbance begins.
