Cape Charles – The Cape Charles Wetlands and Coastal Dune Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. at the Cape Charles Civic Center, located at 500 Tazewell Avenue, Cape Charles to receive comment on an application for the waterside construction of a proposed yacht provisioning center on a 6.6 acre-property at 6 Mason Avenue (tax map # 83A3-A-5).
The project scope of work includes: removal of dilapidated structures, piles, bulkheads, and broken concrete followed by the installation of 727 linear feet of revetment stone; 175 linear feet of armor stone spur; 1,188 linear feet of floating concrete dock with aluminum gangways; approximately 38,000 square feet of riprap material placed below the mean low water elevation; and placing 700 cubic yards of sandy material on an existing sandy beach above mean high water. The Wetlands and Coastal Dune Board will have a meeting to vote on the application immediately following the public hearing.
This application is for waterside development only and does not pertain to any proposed landside development. The proposed marina uses are permitted by right in the Harbor zoning district (Cape Charles zoning ordinance Article III, Section 3.9.D.3).
A Harbor Development Certificate is required for all landside development. That process includes application to the Harbor Area Review Board for review and recommendation to Town Council.
The Council then votes on approval of that certificate. The proposed hotel development is by conditional use only in the Harbor zoning district and will require an application for a conditional use permit according to process stated in Article IV, Section 4.3 of the zoning ordinance. To this date, the Town has not received an application for any landside development. Please see the Virginia Marine Resources Commission website for the complete waterside development application and all related documents.
Information on the application can be viewed online, in the Planner’s Office at 2 Plum Street, or obtained by phone at 757-331-3259 x15, or email to planner@capecharles.org
Bart says
August 12, 2018 at 1:13 pmDon’t you usually have to wait for approval before you start…looks like they have already begun? See trucks and what appears to be bulkhead changes…bldg put on property etc…
Joseph Corcoran says
August 12, 2018 at 4:11 pmI saw nothing in the Scope of Work about a plan for ship sewage containment or transfer facilities .
If the plan is pumping to a sewage barge the question is what does the Town Harbor management intend to do for equipment .
And while we’re at it , review the current procedures for sewage processing for the boats already using the Town Harbor .
The concern should be at least as severe as the concern for pollution from the coal ships out at anchor .
David Gay says
August 12, 2018 at 6:44 pmThis is an excellent use of the property. It allows for commerce and will provide much needed parking for Mason Avenue. The town Harbor has pump out facilities and this offers another opportunity for town revenue. It is a win win. Sorry to see the naysayers of progress spew their venom simply to stall the inevitable future.
Joseph Corcoran says
August 13, 2018 at 10:57 amName-calling is a despicable tactic in argumentation and should be avoided .
Where is the ney in suggesting the project not further degrade local water quality ? Do the project right .
Cape Charles already has a serious water quality problem and if not taken seriously may well have serious economic and health effects .
Joseph Corcoran says
August 13, 2018 at 8:55 pmOn a more positive note …. 240 miles to our south is a nice little town called Beaufort NC .
Beaufort has a beautiful facility for servicing the mega yachts going south from New York and New England to Florida and the islands and vice versa . There are usually several huge yachts there at any time . The business they draw is tremendous .
It’s the win-win that was alluded to earlier . But it must be done right .