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Redington Beach commissioners adopt dock ordinance
By BOB MACPHERSON
Article published on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
REDINGTON BEACH – New rules now govern the placement and repair of docks in Redington Beach.
After three commission workshops, three commission meetings, several meetings of the board of adjustment and planning board and multiple draft ordinances, the Town Commission passed on March 18 a dock ordinance at its second reading.
“It may not be perfect but I think it will do the job,” Mayor Nick Simons said.
Commissioner Fred Steiermann, who differed with the commission on where along the property shoreline docks should be located, was the only dissenting vote.
The ordinance employs the term “dock facility” to define a dock and all the accouterments that go with it including slips, boatlift, dock, catwalk, lower landings, tie poles, and personal watercraft lifts. Town Attorney Andrew Salzman said that anywhere in the ordinance where the single term “dock” is cited should be construed to mean “dock facility.”
A major provision of the ordinance requires that when building a dock facility, it must originate within the center one-third of the property along the waterfront. One dock is allowed for a single family property. A maximum of two slips with or without boat lifts are permitted.
The dock facility must lie within 30 feet from the seawall. No more than 400 square feet of decking including dock and catwalks is permitted. No part of a dock facility and/or boat or personal watercraft can be any closer than 7 1/2 feet to a neighbor’s side property line as extended into the water unless the facilities are shared property line docks.
Two property owners may choose to abut their dock facilities at their common property line.
Two property owners sharing a common side property line as extended into the water can elect to build a common dock instead of two individual private docks provided the owners agree to remove the dock if the agreement is terminated.
Docks damaged by a natural disaster may be repaired in the same configuration of the original permitted dock provided the damaged dock was permitted in the first place.
A permit application for repair must be submitted within 90 days from the date of damage or destruction or the dock owner will have to proceed as if a new dock is being constructed.
Any dock facility existing at the time the ordinance is adopted that doesn’t conform with the provisions of the ordinance, may be continued as a non conforming use provided no alterations are made to the dock that will add to its non conformity. Maintenance and repair work needed to keep the dock in sound condition is allowed.
A nonconforming dock facility needing a permit will be considered a special exception. Property owners within a 150-foot radius of a dock facility must be notified of the request for the special exception.
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Article published on Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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