Thompson keeps show‑cause open for Riverside Drive owner over unpermitted work; board requires engineered, stamped plan

The Thompson Wetlands Commission continued the show‑cause hearing for 372 Riverside Drive (V26011) after staff identified significant deficiencies in an after‑the‑fact plan submitted by the property owner.

Wetlands Enforcement Officer Margaret Washburn told the commission the plan submitted the previous day was not an engineered, signed and sealed drawing, lacked sediment and erosion controls, did not document the wetlands delineation date, and failed to show all unpermitted work already completed (including a deck adjacent to Building A). "It is not an engineered plan. It does not show sediment controls," she said, and enumerated required items the commission needs to evaluate remediation and potential approval.

Owner Jared Hanshaw told the commission some work (a deck) was completed under pressure from building officials to obtain a handicap entrance and building approvals, and that he had selected materials and landscaping in response to those requirements. "I had to do the deck ... it was part of the handicap entrance," he said, and described difficulty obtaining an engineer’s stamp; staff told him some engineers decline to sign 'after‑the‑fact' designs and recommended he hire an engineer willing to produce a sealed site plan.

Commissioners instructed Hanshaw to retain a professional engineer, submit a stamped site plan that shows all unpermitted work, demonstrate sediment and erosion controls between disturbed soils and the French River, include the wetlands delineation report (with date), and provide any missing supplemental forms. The commission said no further earth‑moving or construction should continue until the required plan is submitted and reviewed.

The hearing was continued to a future session (the commission discussed aiming for the July meeting) so staff can review a revised, engineered submission and the owner can provide a complete corrective action plan.