Dorman v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

STILWELL, Judge:

Frances Pate Adams appeals the circuit court’s order reinstating the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ’s) denial of a dock permit, which was overturned on appeal by the Coastal Zone Management Appellate Panel (the Panel) of the Bureau of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM).1 We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

LaFon LeGette2 applied for a critical area permit to build a boat dock with a roof and floating dock. OCRM initially *163granted the permit, but the neighbors on both sides, Dorman and May, objected and requested a contested case…