Florida Regulations 62-330.431: General Permit for Installation of Riprap
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(1) A general permit is granted to any person to install riprap:
(a) At the toe of an existing vertical seawall, provided the slope of the riprap is no steeper than two horizontal to one vertical and the horizontal distance from the toe of the seawall is no more than 10 feet;
(b) At an individual, private residential single-family property that is not part of a larger plan of common development, provided:
1. The slope of the riprap is no steeper than two horizontal to one vertical, and the toe of the riprap is no more than 10 feet waterward of the existing mean high water line or approximate ordinary high water line;
2. Riprap is not placed along a length of shoreline of more than 100 linear feet, and is not combined as part of any other use of this general permit on the same parcel of land; and
3. Erosion has occurred, or is likely to occur, along the shoreline.
(2) This general permit shall be subject to the following specific conditions:
(a) The riprap consists only of natural boulders or clean concrete rubble one to three feet in diameter in average dimension, and there are no reinforcing rods or other similar protrusions in the concrete rubble;
(b) There is no filling of submerged grassbeds or coral communities;
(c) The amount of wetland area filled shall not exceed 100 square feet; and,
(d) There is no backfilling to obtain useable upland, to straighten an otherwise sinuous shoreline, or to reclaim land lost by avulsion or erosion.
Rulemaking Authority 373.026(7), 373.043, 373.118(1), 373.406(5), 373.4131, 373.414(9), 373.418, 403.805(1) FS. Law Implemented 373.118(1), 373.406(5), 373.413, 373.4131, 373.414(9), 373.416, 373.418, 403.814(1) FS. History-New 10-3-95, Formerly 62-341.431, Amended 10-1-13, 6-1-18.
(b) At an individual, private residential single-family property that is not part of a larger plan of common development, provided:
1. The slope of the riprap is no steeper than two horizontal to one vertical, and the toe of the riprap is no more than 10 feet waterward of the existing mean high water line or approximate ordinary high water line;
2. Riprap is not placed along a length of shoreline of more than 100 linear feet, and is not combined as part of any other use of this general permit on the same parcel of land; and
3. Erosion has occurred, or is likely to occur, along the shoreline.
(2) This general permit shall be subject to the following specific conditions:
(a) The riprap consists only of natural boulders or clean concrete rubble one to three feet in diameter in average dimension, and there are no reinforcing rods or other similar protrusions in the concrete rubble;
(b) There is no filling of submerged grassbeds or coral communities;
(c) The amount of wetland area filled shall not exceed 100 square feet; and,
(d) There is no backfilling to obtain useable upland, to straighten an otherwise sinuous shoreline, or to reclaim land lost by avulsion or erosion.
Rulemaking Authority 373.026(7), 373.043, 373.118(1), 373.406(5), 373.4131, 373.414(9), 373.418, 403.805(1) FS. Law Implemented 373.118(1), 373.406(5), 373.413, 373.4131, 373.414(9), 373.416, 373.418, 403.814(1) FS. History-New 10-3-95, Formerly 62-341.431, Amended 10-1-13, 6-1-18.