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Commission OKs variance letting 11 existing docks be rebuilt at current lengths amid boat-lift dispute
Summary
The City Commission approved a variance allowing 11 existing docks in the Manatee Cove canal to be rebuilt at their current lengths, despite those docks exceeding the city's one-quarter-of-waterway rule.
The City of Boynton Beach Commission unanimously approved a variance on July 15 that allows 11 existing docks in the Manatee Cove area to be rebuilt at their current lengths, despite those docks exceeding the city's rule that private docks not extend more than one-quarter of a waterway's width.
The variance, as presented by city planning staff, covers 11 specific docks that the applicant surveyed after an earlier hearing and found to be nonconforming. "Those 11 are the only ones requesting a variance at this time," Principal Planner Gabe Spagni told the commission, saying the deviations range from about 1.1 feet up to 5.4 feet.
Why it matters: Residents on the opposite bank said they accept the status quo but warned that the variance does not address boat lifts attached to some docks, structures residents say extend…
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