Marine board recommends city approval for two Hemingway Landing dock waivers after contested hearings

The Fort Lauderdale Marine Advisory Board on Feb. 6 voted to recommend that the City Commission approve two separate waivers allowing existing mooring structures to remain at Hemingway Landing Condominium, after lengthy public comment and debate about property-line measurement, prior approvals and marina compliance.

The waivers: The first recommendation concerned a floating vessel platform at 1414 Southeast 12th Street, Slip 11, owned by Nicholas (Nick) DiOrio. The board recommended approval of a waiver that, as presented to the board, would allow a modified platform extending 34.73 feet from the property line — inside the 30%-of-waterway standard using the city surveyor’s confirmed waterway width of 120 feet but beyond the city’s 25-foot code threshold for floating platforms unless waived. The board voted to recommend approval by a 6–2 vote.

The second item involved a boat-lift/mooring structure at Slip 21 (Adrian and Natalia Walkley). That application sought a waiver for mechanical…