Hall–Varlet Part 91 soil-erosion application for Donegal Bay Subdivision lot 30, S-1972, 2025

What the application records

This is a site-specific Part 91 soil-erosion and sedimentation-control application in the St. James Township planning archive. The file label is S-1972; that is an archive identifier, not a 1972 date. The application is signed by the designated agent on August 1, 2025, and says the proposed project is residential removal and reconstruction of a septic tank and field. It lists an earth-change area of 0.1 acre, approximately 400 feet to Lake Michigan, and no proposed grade change or fill.

The location fields identify Donegal Bay Subdivision lot 30 and adjacent vacated road, tax parcel 15-013-525-030-10, and 37059 Allen's Lakeview Rd. The legal-description field repeats the amended-plat and vacated-road description. These are the application’s site identifiers, not a deed chain, parcel geometry, or independent proof of current ownership.

Site setting and planned controls

The preparer describes a house with lawn in the immediate work area, a forested dune with a steep slope to the east, and an open dune to the west. The application’s on-site soil field names DDC — Deer Park–Dune land association, rolling for the project area and LB — Lake beaches east of the house. This is useful site-specific evidence connecting a permitting record to the broader soil, dune, vegetation, and land-use vocabulary, but it should not be generalized into a map of all Donegal Bay soils or dunes.

The proposed temporary measures include silt fence along lower-elevation edges of the work area and removal of stockpiled material to the contractor’s yard until construction is complete. Proposed permanent measures include reinstalling topsoil, applying a contractor grass mix, and using straw mulch. The form supplies a timing schedule for excavation, final grade, stabilization, and removal of temporary controls. Those fields record planned measures and dates; this source does not establish that the work occurred, that the permit was issued, or that the measures passed inspection.

Evidence boundaries

The application is a strong bridge between modern township governance and site-specific soil, dune, vegetation, and erosion-control evidence. It does not establish title, a complete ownership history, the exact parcel boundary, current forest or dune condition, construction completion, or permit compliance. No coordinates or parcel polygon are included in the held package. The county soil survey, SSURGO, Master Plan, and project crosswalks remain regional or planning context rather than substitutes for the application’s site record or a field survey.

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes