§ 23-214. Permitting requirements for marinas.
The following requirements shall apply to marinas:
(1)
Development must be compatible with adjacent land uses.
(2)
Adequate upland support services must be available.
(3)
A hurricane contingency plan must be approved by the county.
(4)
Ambient water quality must be protected as per Department of Environmental Regulation criteria.
(5)
Access to an existing channel must be available.
(6)
A spill prevention countermeasure control plan must be approved.
(7)
Marinas shall be designed to prevent or minimize impacts to grassbeds and other biologically productive bottom habitats.
(8)
No water-dependent structure, including mooring pilings, shall extend waterward of the mean low-water line more than twenty (20) percent of the width of the river at that particular location. If the distance is greater than the Marine Construction Code, the Marine Construction Code standards will apply.
(9)
If a dock is constructed adjacent to a bulkhead and the water depth adjacent to the bulkhead is minus three feet (-3) feet at mean low water, the dock shall not extend more than twenty (20) percent of the width of the channel as measured from the bulkhead. If the distance is greater than the Marine Construction Code, the Marine Construction Code standards will apply.
(10)
Main access docks shall be limited to a maximum width of six (6) feet.
(11)
Dredging to obtain navigable water depths in conjunction with new docks is prohibited.
(12)
Marinas shall only be approved in locations having adequate water depths in the vessel mooring, turning basin, access channels and other such areas which will accommodate the proposed vessel's use in order to ensure that a minimum of one (1) foot clearance is provided between the deepest draft of the vessel and the bottom at mean low water.
(13)
Finger piers shall not exceed four (4) feet in width.
(14)
Erosion-control measures shall be used during dock construction to prevent impacts to the landward/waterward interface.
(Ord. No. 90-17, § 14, 8-23-90)