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HomeMy WebLinkAbout21156_COLLEY, DORIS_19990120 (2)ApplicantSVame Address City fir(,_ Project Location -A. _A AND DREDGE AND FILL GENERAL N° 021156 -I,, PERMIT as authorized by the State of North Carolina Department of Environment. Health, and Natural Resources and the Coa �l Resources Commission in an area of environr ental concern pursuant to 15A NCAC f7N - QOr) . n, it _ r-. I Phone Number 11Q FA State Zip ty, �"Ite Road, Water Body, etc.) 14-y — Type of Project Activity PROJECT DESCRIPTION I SKETCH Pier (dock) length Groin length number Bulkhead length CW max. distance offshore Basin, channel dimensions cubic yards Boat ramp dimensions Other This permit is subject to compliance with this application, site drawing and attached general and specific conditions. Any violation of these terms may subject the permittee to a fine, imprisonment or civil action; and may cause the permit to be- come null and void. This permit must be on the project site and accessible to the permit officer when the project is inspected for compliance. The applicant certifies by signing this permit that 1) this pro. ject is consistent with the local land use plan and all local ordinances, and 2) a written statement has been obtained from adjacent riparian landowners certifying that they have no objections to the proposed work. (SCALE: applicant's signature Ip rmit of cer's signature ao (f) C3, i55ui g date / j� expi ation date attachments ! Ov In issuing this permit the State of North Carolina certifies that Z O BO this project is consistent with the North Carolina Coastal application fee Management Program. , Permit #: 99W35 Type: RP INSPECTION REQUEST MASTER PERMIT # - Inspection Type: OTHE Request Date: / / Location: SOUND DR 7000 District: Contrctr: DENNIS MCCLEES Insp. ID: -:q License #: Date Inspection Desired: 04/13/99 Tine Inspection Desired: Owner: COLLEY, DORIS INSPECTION RESULTS Vehicle ID: Site Odor: Insp. Date: 4 /13/ - Ci RESULTS OF INSPECTION Pass Correction Ij 1-1 CORRECTION CODE OR COMMENTS Inspection Reinspection IF CORRECTION IS REQUIRED Reinspection Required ? F1 Reinspection Fee Required ? F ADDITIONAL NOTES 1 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RIPARIAN AND LITTORAL RIGHTS by Walter F. Clark North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * VI -A RIPARIAN AND LITTORAL RIGHTS I. Introduction The word riparian means belonging to the bank or shore of a watercourse. The term riparian rights refers to a specific set of rights to use the water (and submerged land) that are afforded the proprietor of land immediately adjacent to the water. In some jurisdi ns the words riparian and littoral are used coextensively but in orth Carolina ittor refers to land that is adjacent to the Atlantic Oce while ril2aria refers to land w irh 13grriess +hn ct ta'c cnnneic riyer.� This distinction should be kept in mind throughout the following discussion. The topic of riparian rights is very broad, encompassing such issues as water pollution (reasonable and unreasonable uses); consumptive uses (extraction of water for drinking, irrigation etc.) and non -consumptive uses (use of the water for access, navigation, etc.) The focus of this paper is on riparian rights as applied to non -consumptive uses within North Carolina's coastal area. II. Increasing Demands for use of North Carolina's Coastal Waters In the last 25 years, North Carolina's coastal area has witnessed unprecedented development. Among the reasons are the state's mild climate, beautiful beaches, fishery resources and relatively inexpensive land values. With development has come economic opportunity and, unfortunately, stress on the state's coastal resources including the waters of its ocean, sounds and rivers. There is greater demand for access to coastal waters. To accomodate this demand there has been an increase in shoreline development including an increase in marinas, docks and piers. At the same time there are more people wanting to use the state's public trust waters. Policy -makers are being confronted with having to devise ways to balance the private rights of riparian owners with the rights of other private and public users of the state's waters. Because of the uncertainties involved in finding an equitable balance between the various users of the state's coastal waters, it is important for practitioners to understand the existing law of riparian and littoral rights. VI-A-1 1. The Riparian Use Area By statute, he state of North Carolina limits the offshore use (buildable) area available to the riparian owner to only the front of the riparian tract. G.S. 146-12. State case law and administrative law further provide that areas of riparian access are to be determined by drawing a line along the channel at deep water in front of the properties, then by drawing a line perpendicular to the line of the channel so that it intersects with the shore at the point the upland property meets the water's edge. O'Neal v. Rollinson, 212 N.C. 83,192 S.E 688 (1937) and 15 NCAC 07H .0208 (b)(6)(E) - this section of the administrative code is only applicable to areas covered by North Carolina's Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA). Riparian owners often mistakenly determine their riparian use area by extending their property lines straight into the water from the point where their upland boundaries intersect with the shoreline. The correct and incorrect methods are illustrated below. DEEP WATER CHANNEL I90 90.1 ! r � I 1 I RIPARIAN I USE � i IMPROPERLY AREA / PROPERLY EXTENDED --+\I �-- EXTENDED LINE LINE I, SHORELINE 2. Restrictions Within the Riparian Use Area Because activities in the riparian area can have an impact on other private and public rights, the law places restrictions on how some access related activities can be exercised. A few of these restrictions are discussed below. VI-A-3 r�,�zc. Restrictions to Protect the Public's Right of Navigation and Other Public Trust Rights in the State's Waters The power of the federal government to regulate commerce includes the power to regulate and improve navigation. U.S. Const. Art. I, Section 8, cl. 3 and US v. Coombs, 37 U.S. 72 (1838). The rights of riparian owners adjacent to navigable waters are subservient to this power. Greenleaf Tohnson Lumber Co. v. Garrison, 237 U.S. 251, 35 S. Ct. 551 (1915). The federal government may cause the removal of any structure erected by a riparian owner which is injurious to navigation. Continental Land Co. v. U.S., 88 F.2d 104, cert. denied 302 U.S. 715,58 S. Ct. 36(1937). The protection of navigation from unreasonable interferences from riparian owners is also found at the state level. North Carolina General Statute 146-12 explicitly states that any easement granted to riparian owners shall in no respect obstruct or impair navigation. The statute prohibits easements from extending further than the deep water line and restricts them to the front of the tract owned by the riparian owner. Regarding piers, docks and marinas this statutory provision has had little effect since the state Department of Administration has not required easements in these cases. In areas that come within the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA), there are additional restrictions designed to protect and enhance navigation. The jurisdiction of CAMA includes all estuarine waters as defined by G.S.113A-113(b)(2). This includes all the waters of the bays, sounds, rivers, and tributaries up to the dividing line between coastal fishing waters and inland fishing waters as set forth in an agreement between the Wildlife Resources Commission and the Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources. Projects are considered incompatible with the management policies of CAMA if they directly or indirectly block or impair existing navigation channels. Under CAMA piers are not allowed to extend beyond the general pier line for the same shoreline, to extend into the channel portion of a waterbody and cannot extend more than one-third of the width of a natural waterbody, man-made canal or basin. 15 NCAC 07H .0208(b)(6)(C). Once a pier is constructed the riparian owner may still be required to allow the public reasonable access to waters in close proximity to the structure. One North Carolina case states that a waterfront owner may not interfer with the use of waters beneath a pier when such waters are being used as a means of passage by water craft in a manner that involves no contact with the pier. Capune v. Robbins, 273 N.C. 581,160 S.E. 2d 881, (1968) - In this case the interference was from a bottle hurled at a surfer passing under a pier. Howev , the are statutory and regulatory provisions designed to protect ripa an and ttoral owners from conflicting public trust uses. For example, G 113-18 akes it unlawful (except for VI-A-S Excavation of navigation channels, canals or boat basins, are not permitted in primary nursery areas, areas of highly productive shellfish beds, beds of submerged vegetation or in significant areas of regularly or irregularly flooded coastal wetlands. 15 NCAC 07H .0208(b)(1). Narrow fringes of coastal wetland may be excavated for access purposes but only if it is determined that the excavation will not have significant adverse impacts on fishery resources, water quality or adjacent wetlands and that there is no reasonable alternative that would avoid the wetland loss. 15 NCAC 07H .0208(b)(1)(A). To preclude the adverse effects of shading coastal wetlands vegetation, docks and piers built over wetlands cannot exceed six feet in width. Platforms and 'T"s associated with residential piers must be at the waterward end of the pier and cannot exceed a total area of 500 square feet. 15 NCAC 07H .0208(b)(6)(B). B. Right to Property Resulting From Accretion and the t to Lost to Erosion Accretion is the addition of soil to land by gradual, natural deposits. Accreted land becomes the property of the adjacent riparian owner. Several reasons are commonly advanced to support this rule: (1) he who sustains the burden of losses and of repairs imposed by the contiguity of waters ought to receive whatever benefits they may bring by accretion; (2) it is in the interest of the community that all land have an owner; and (3) the necessity of preserving the riparian right of access (Tarlock, D., Law of Water Rights and Resources, Clark Boardman Co. Ltd. (1989) . North Carolina General Statute-6(a) ovides that anv land, which by process of na S i rin,,ijlf nf jettyor breakwater, is raised above the h,a}i water mark of inv_navicrahle water. belongs to t e rivarlan owner. In North Carolina this principle applies to riparian and littoral owners. However, exclusive private use of accreted littoral (oceanfront) land may be limited by the public's interest in the continued use and enjoyment of the dry sand beach (that area of the oceanfront beach between the mean high tide and the vegetation line). In North Carolina, land created artifically from soil or other fill material being placed below the mean high water mark, becomes the property of the state. G.S. 146-6(b). All land below navigable water (with one exception) is held in trust by the state and consequently any taking of this property, by other than natural processes, subjects the property to state ownership. The exception involves tidal land that was deeded away by the State Board of Education in the 1920s and 1930s. Title to land that was raised from these submerged lands does not vest in the state but remains in private ownership (for an informative article related to the Board of Education deeds and the public trust see, McLawhorn, D., In Defense of Public Trust Resources, LEGAL TIDES, Vol. 1, No. 1, UNC Sea Grant,1986). VI-A-7 C. Other Riparian Rights A riparian owner has a right to the recreational and scenic use of the water. Springer v. Toseph Schlitz Brewing Co., 510 F.2d 468 (1975). Unlike the other specific rights discussed above, these rights are not exclusive. For instance, the ownership of land along navigable waters does not give its owner the exclusive right to fish in the offshore waters. Bell v. Smith,171 N.C. 116,87 S.E. 987 (1916). The riparian owner has a right to fish but it is a right that must be shared with other users of the public trust. The same is true for swimming, skiing and other forms of recreation. VI. Conclusion As waterfront development continues, riparian property owners will find it increasingly important to know and understand their rights. The legislature, the state commissions and the courts, will continue to search for equiable ways to balance the rights of riparian owners with the rights of other users of the public trust. VI-A-9 l BOGUES OUND �j 'VOFTH CAROL.IAIA LAND SURVE+pR, PE, ANO ACKNcWL,tpGED s e�or e 2 6 kAA rR '4 E'Vr`_ CC�ff'�6, ; a. / 2 'E. 10 85 � 28 • _ e j3s ��� �S C7 M; Si0/G' ExplQE O 60 \ \ ' FC iNF cn ACCESG4 TEED PUBL / C _ 2 �— -' 50'Fi E i O sb o J 0 /7 v /6 `� oAPf'ROVEh E N C/5 li 79 29'I8 "E rObt N OF , ..� EMERA !� OC N N /O 03' p� �°j ?AY bf A 4G PINEY POINT SUED 20'EASEMENT F(,9 INGRESS EGRESS 6'OOE M � _ - ti SEE M.B. 20 PG. 3 - �4 0 2. I6 - 9 + E �} r1 n 9 REGRESS t SECT/ON FOUR y s E r DE ra ; \ RA VENSC OFT- SCH� O 5 CA LE \.� r THE 'UNDEr747�` Q79T9, - _ r .. PROPE�7 TY L L 5 O'RAD M � 79 � 9 ! �. 54 .. ,, . 4. 4 soso60?0� _�AgrL MA. t - •�L /EGH N \y y5'� { 2a E_ .DQ ?Pl16L e ---PARKS= s E= Yd 3 :► o 3H.OWAi n 5.0' QT fe 000 PINEY POINT SUBDIVISION O�1 "► ZS0�.ORTHAR.DLfA -CQR EE Malt 18 PG /9 THE FOREGpCAtC CE�RT Q' c� t _ ECTION ONE Q i`� 1 5 I �_ 8E coRREcr `"HIS 1/ST RECOKO£D MA. j 15 i ►3 W -L! • a r. 0" E 66.99 ►fB� w s 15 . N 7Tv3 0' �0 T8 43 18.43 f E (D. ', _ MB,L 5'S - / 43' 16 p $ X. rH/S SUBDIVISION .i G�INF 4 he NORTH CAR pL !'qt q ./974. AND P'JR r16W OF` Ar,�E4 OF EN1!IR04iCMr4L co- j 40 55.97 , as 6.6 o .�` 5 0, BLOCK 28 6,C► 6 40� o00W o t Q6.1 l T a /1N PAD S n ,fit _ %p 2 - a 98 44 Fd 104 0 _ _ ?5 BLOC,�C29 98'.`� 00 'WGV"R� a �M IB.L. i�' 6 0, �0 �� MINIMUM RUIL(3/NG SE j ° 0 CREEK 115 0 2T E�O.Nr .- G ERS-+ 71.67 . 5 59 1. n� �g3a 59.66 43,40 .►N 13�33 (� T _ s r Soy .- >I am sorry that I've not contacted you sooner. I am not sure that >these violations fall within your responsibilities as a Facilitor for >Coastal Management. If not, where do we go for help and how >do we expose these violations? >Your attention is appreciated. >Brownie B. Trainham >7021 Archers Creek Drive >Emerald Isle, NC 28594 >e-mail: embro@coastalnet.com Consensus Solutions, Inc... ... decisions we can agree on. Adam R. Saslow President Consensus Solutions, Incorporated 400 Perimeter Center Terrace, NE Suite 900 Atlanta, GA 30346-1260 770.392.4265 (0) 770.392.4266 (Fax... please call if the fax line is busy) Author: Charles Jones at NROBA03P Date: 4/28/99 5:25 PM Priority: Normal TO: Tere Barrett TO: Ted Tyndall Subject: Re: Cama Violations on Emerald Isle, NC -------------------------------- Message Contents--------------------------------- Tere, do you anything about this? Subject: Re: Cama Author: "Adam R. Date: 4/27/99 Ms. Trainham - Forward Header Violations on Emerald Isle, NC Saslow" <asaslow@c-solutions.org> 1:48 PM Thanks for your note... at Internet Yes... I am still heavily involved in establishing a fair and equitable process for determining which combnination of statutory, regulatory, vouluntary and other "tools" should be used to protect the estuarian coastal resource into the 21st century. This effort would include Bogue Sound. Unfortunately, my responsibilities do NOT put me in a position where I can help you out with your concerns. What I can do is try to ut you in touch with the right people. I am forwarding this note to Mr. Charles Jones of DENR/DCM. I know Charles well and assure you that he will make every effort to get to the bottom of this. Best regards, ARS At 08:43 AM 4/23/99 -0400, you wrote: >Mr. Saslow are you still involved with coastal resource protection >here on Emerald Isle? Does coastal resource protection include >the sound side of Bogue Banks? There are on -going serious >violations of CAMA rules and regulations, obviously by someone >high up in CAMA, here on our island which is surely and slowly being >destroyed by these "exceptions to the rules" because the violator >knows some CAMA official. Please come look at one of these >"exceptions" at the end of Sound Drive on the Bogue Sound side. >It is a travesty! If one violator can build a bulkhead, all four sides, >in the water and wetlands creating a little island accessed by a >built-up driveway, using property adjoining and belonging to some - >one else for a septic system, fill the bulkhead in with loads and >loads of dirt, isn't is possible for anyone to do the same thing all >along the sound front of Emerald Isle. Wetlands are being filled >in all the time. Up the street from the new metal -bulkhead island >is a wetlands lot that has been filled in with, at last count, over >225 loads of soil. My own neighbors, built their house close to the >water, built a bulkhead 30 feet out and filled in with soil to meet >regulations. Many lots are stripped of all the trees and foliage and >filled in with soil along the water front. In the 14 years we have owned >our property, the drainage system has completely changed >causing flooding everytime we have a storm or heavy rain. Consensus Solutions, Inc... ... decisions we can agree on. Adam R. Saslow President Consensus Solutions, Incorporated 400 Perimeter Center Terrace, NE Suite 900 Atlanta, GA 30346-1260 770.392.4265 (0) 770.392.4266 (Fax... please call if the fax line is busy) Author: Charles Jones at NROBA03P Date: 4/28/99 5:57 PM Priority: Normal TO: "Adam R. Saslow" <asaslow@mindspring.com> at Internet CC: Tere Barrett CC: Ted Tyndall Subject: Re: Note from a Stranger -------------------------------- Message Contents --------------------------------- Adam, I don't know what these folks are talking about yet. I've asked our Morehead City staff to look into the matter and we will advise shortly. Reply Separator Subject: Note from a Stranger Author: "Adam R. Saslow" <asaslow@mindspring.com> Date: 4/26/99 8:13 PM Charles - Can you help her out??? ARS Mr. Saslow - at Internet I am writing to find the name of the CAMA official who signed on the created lot between 7000 Sound Dr. and 7002 Sound Dr. At my initial hearing that this lot (?) had been declared buildable by CAMA, I called the CAMA office in Morehead to appeal this ruling ,and was told by a very nice gentleman that this was not something that he had signed on, that it was done by someone "over his head and that he could not make waves". I was and am saddened by this and realize as I did then, that this is larger than I am. I also was not aware of the rule that if CAMA approves a lot that the city will give a building permit. I am a person who lives by common sense and assumed the city would not give a permit to an area that had been under water several times a year since Noah was a little boy. I am simply curious as to the person's name and position who signed this permit. Were you to see this area I'm certain that you would be surprized as we in the area are. Mr. Royall's home located on the end of Emerald Isle was an exception to rules created to protect us and the environment and that has not proven to be in the best interest of anyone. The sea is about to undo that poor decision. Thank you so much for your input on this inquiry. I look forward to your reply. Sincerely, Cynthia Canipe 7002 Sound Dr. Emerald Isle, NC 28594 tic7002@tcpl.com Environmental violation Emerald Isle, N.C. April 23, 1999 TO THE EDITOR: If anyone is interested in seeing a seri- ous violation of every zoning, coastal management and wetlands regulation, please come to the east end of Sound Drive on Emerald Isle and see what someone is being allowed to build. Ru- mors abound that some official in CAMA has made an "exception" to the rules for a friend, and that a CAMA per- mit to build supersedes all other zoning and wetland rules so Emerald Isle offi- cials have no choice except to allow the building of a bulkhead island off the point of Sound Drive where we once picked up scallops in the water. Heaven forbid that now anyone can build a fully -enclosed bulkhead in wet- lands, build a ramp to get onto the is- land, use a neighbor's land for a septic system, fill in the bulkhead with many loads of soil and perhaps proceed to build a house on the man-made lot. This violation needs to be stopped before the house is built. This "exception" is just one of many exceptions being made on waterfront property. Is there anyone in North Caro- lina government who cares what is hap- pening here on Bogue Banks? BROWNIE B. TRAINHAM Z 473 213 083 US Postal Service Receipt for Certified Mail No Insurance Coverage Provided. 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