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Alachua County DRC approves boathouse on Lake Santa Fe with conditions
Summary
The Development Review Committee approved an 844-square-foot boathouse and dock addition at 2300 SE 30th Street on Lake Santa Fe with conditions including copies of any FDEP permits to the county and a prohibition on aquatic vegetation removal without county authorization.
The Alachua County Development Review Committee on July 18 approved with conditions a final development plan and floodplain development permit to add an 844-square-foot boathouse to an existing dock at 2300 Southeast 30th Street on Lake Santa Fe.
"Staff recommends approval with conditions of the final development plan and flood plain development permit for David Salter Boathouse," Jacob Stout, a planner in the county Growth Management division, told the committee. Stout described the proposal as a 728-square-foot covered boathouse and two uncovered platforms that together meet the code limits (the proposed enclosure width is 26 feet, below the 30-foot maximum).
Staff said the proposed boathouse partly encroaches on an eastern property-line setback but recommended an exception because constructing on the existing dock avoids impacts to aquatic vegetation and neighboring docks already encroach on setback lines. Stout also advised that the boathouse does not create a navigation hazard.
The committee approved the project by voice vote after a committee member moved for approval with conditions and another seconded. The approval includes two unique conditions stated by staff: that any required Florida Department of Environmental Protection permits or letters of consent must be obtained and a copy provided to the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department before construction begins, and that aquatic vegetation removal is prohibited without prior authorization from the county's Environmental Protection Department.
The DRC chair called the motion passed after members voted by voice. The committee record describes the approval as a final development plan and floodplain development permit consistent with the county comprehensive plan and Unified Land Development Code.
The transcript notes that appeals of development orders under the Unified Land Development Code must be filed by petition for writ of certiorari in the Circuit Court for Alachua County within 30 days of the final development decision, except as otherwise provided in state law.
