New Mooring field legislation?

[Ken DeLacy]

So looks like the DEP is revamping the permitting process (again?) and limiting occupancy to 100 balls for these types of permits... I'm not going to follow this too close, but I did want to pass it on to those dealing with there own MF issues.

Ken

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(below bold is added text and underlined is deleted text) 

320. 373.118 General permits;
     
     320. (4) The department shall adopt by rule one or more general
          
     321. 328  permits for local governments to construct, operate, 
          
     322. 329  maintain public marina facilities, public mooring fields, public
          
     323. 330  boat ramps, including associated courtesy docks, and associated
          
     324. 331  parking facilities located in uplands. Such general permits
          
     325. 332  adopted by rule shall include provisions to ensure compliance
          
     326. 333  with part IV of this chapter, subsection (1), and the criteria
          
     327. 334  necessary to include the general permits in a state programmatic
          
     328. 335  general permit issued by the United States Army Corps of
          
     329. 336  Engineers under s. 404 of the Clean Water Act, Pub. L. No. 92-
          
     330. 337  500, as amended, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq. A facility
          
     331. 338  authorized under such general permits is exempt from review as a
          
     332. 339  development of regional impact if the facility complies with the
          
     333. 340  comprehensive plan of the applicable local government. Such
          
     334. 341  facilities shall be consistent with the local government manatee
          
     335. 342  protection plan required pursuant to chapter 379 and shall
          
     336. 343  obtain Clean Marina Program status prior to opening for
          
     337. 344  operation and maintain that status for the life of the facility.
          
     338. 345  Marinas and mooring fields authorized under any such general
          
     339. 346  permit shall not exceed an area of 50,000 square feet over
          
     340. 347  wetlands and other surface waters. Mooring fields authorized
          
     341. 348  under such general permits may not exceed 100 vessels. All
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The House State Affairs Committee took up and passed CS/CS/CS/HB 999 (Patronis). The bill requires that local governments be limited to three requests for additional information of professional applicants for development permits. After the second request for additional information, a meeting must take place between the applicant and local government. The bill expands the definition of beneficiaries of stormwater utilities and provides who shall pay for certain stormwater fees. The bill also expands the DEP mooring field program. The Senate companion bill, CS/CS/SB 1684 (Altman) passed the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and is in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The League supports these bills.

CS/CS/CS/HB 999                    http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0999

CS/CS/SB 1684                         http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1684