The Virginia Marine Resource Commission (VMRC) will vote next week on the proposed pier replacement by Westminster Canterbury (WC). The following item is on the VMRC Tuesday Feb 25th agenda for their upcoming hearing.
This is not a grandfathered project and will require WC to provide “royalties from
the VMRC for the proposed encroachments over state-owned submerged lands”.
VMRC Tuesday Feb 25th Hearing Agenda Items
8. WESTMINSTER-CANTERBURY ON CHESAPEAKE BAY, #24-2475 requests authorization to remove a failed timber pier and construct a new shared-use concrete pier as part of the proposed Westminster-Canterbury Chesapeake Bay campus expansion situated at property off Ocean Shore Avenue along the Chesapeake Bay in the City of Virginia Beach. This project is protested by nearby property owners.
Comments to the proposed project can be emailed to the VMRC representative agent Tiffany Birge at tiffany.birge@vmrc.virginia.gov
Comments can also be submitted at the following link using the application number identified in backgound #2 below https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/habitat/comments/
Background information is provided below
- The Virginia Beach Wetlands Board heard this application on December 16th, 2024. The staff review and supporting documents can be found below.
- The VMRC project support page can be accessed by clicking on the following link and inputting the application number 2024-2475 into the appropriate field. Click on the “I am not a robot” box and then input the application number to pull up all the associated documents. Here is the VMRC link https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/habitat/index.php
- The VMRC application document can be found below.
- A copy of the notice letter that was recently sent to adjacent homeowners can also be found below.
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