Sec. 23.1-7. Permit required; application generally; processing fee.

(a) Any person who desires to use or develop any wetland within this county, other than for those activities specified in section 23.1-6, shall first file an application for a permit with the wetlands board, directly or through the commission.

(b) The permit application shall include the following: the name and address of the applicant; a detailed description of the proposed activity and a map, drawn to an appropriate and uniform scale, showing the area of wetlands directly affected, the location of the proposed work thereon, indicating the area of existing and proposed fill and excavation, especially the location, width, depth and length of any proposed channel and the disposal area, all existing and proposed structures, sewage collection and treatment facilities, utility installations, roadways, and other related appurtenances or facilities, including those on adjacent uplands, and a description of the type of equipment to be used and the means of equipment access to the activity site; the names and addresses of owners of record of adjacent land and known claimants of water rights in or adjacent to the wetland of whom the applicant has notice; an estimate of cost; the primary purpose of the project; any secondary purposes of the project, including further projects; the public benefit to be derived from the proposed project; a complete description of measures to be taken during and after the alteration to reduce detrimental offsite effects; the completion date of the proposed work, project or structure; and such additional materials and documentation as the wetlands board may deem necessary. The seaward limits of the proposed structure shall be staked in the field prior to the Wetlands Board site inspection.