Not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of a complete application, the wetlands
board shall hold a public hearing on the application. The applicant, local governing
body, commissioner, owner of record of any land adjacent to the coastal primary sand
dunes in question, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, the Department of Game
and Inland Fisheries, the State Water Control Board, the Department of Transportation,
and any governmental agency expressing an interest in the application shall be notified
of the hearing. Notices shall be mailed not less than twenty (20) days prior to the
date set for the hearing. The wetlands board shall also cause notice of the hearing
to be published at least once a week for two (2) weeks prior to such hearing in a
newspaper of general circulation in this county. The costs of publication shall be
paid by the applicant. (10-15-09.)
