Docks - Part 2

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So, in 1998, AEP was granted a ten year extension on their license to operate the dam and to acknowledge their “Shoreline Management Program”.  ATTENTION!  RULE CHANGE!

Part of the SMP was that AEP was a little more organized about how they dealt with docks being built.  So they instituted a voluntary permit process whereby you went to the county and got your building permit and you could go to them afterwards to kinda rubber stamp your permit.  From 2000 to 2003, they pulled all the county building permits for docks so they have SOME records.  I call this group of docks “Transition Docks” rather than some of their governmentese.  If you are selling a house with a dock built in this era, chances are that your dock will need to be inspected by them…to make sure that it is built according to what your building permit said you were going to build.  This adds another layer to the settlement process…may cause some delays, etc.  Just another thing to add to the Realtor’s checklists!

ATTENTION!  ANOTHER RULE CHANGE!  In 2003, the process changed once again.  Now, you can not be issued a county building permit without having an AEP permit FIRST.  No uncertainties!

There were several other facets to this that will take some more study and likely some conversations with some of the other attorneys around the lake for more input.  I always like it when I hear the same thing from different attorneys rather than one opinion/interpretation from one and another (different) opinion/interpretation from another.

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