Chapter 4. Conditions for Limited Specific Uses - City of Palm Coast

6. Consider other design alternatives in poorly flushed waterbodies (e.g. open
marina basin over semi-enclosed design) to enhance flushing.
7. Land surface drainage patterns shall be designed with swales, contours,
shallow depressions, or other acceptable water retention and treatment
standards, to minimize direct runoff in surface waters.
8. The dredging of new channels to provide marine facility access to a site may
be permitted if an applicant can demonstrate to the Land Use Administrator
that such activities will improve or maintain surface water quality and
flushing and will not cause a safety hindrance to navigation.
B. Dredging and Spoil Management
1. An applicant must provide a description of the measures taken to avoid and
minimize impacts to submerged aquatic vegetation. Submerged aquatic
vegetation means shoal grass, paddle grass, star grass, Johnson’s seagrass,
sago pondweed, clasping-leaved pondweed, widgeon grass, manatee grass,
and turtle grass. Appropriate location and complementary design of the dock
facility may be necessary to protect shoreline and aquatic vegetation.
Mitigation shall be consistent with federal and state regulations.
2. Dredging activities shall be conducted by a qualified contractor familiar with
the applicable best management practices concerning dredging operations.
All dredging activities shall obtain all necessary permits from the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, the St. Johns River Water
Management District, and the Army Corps of Engineers or any other agency
with applicable jurisdiction.
3. As part of the application for marina facilities, a dredging maintenance plan
shall be submitted to the City. The plan shall describe best management
practices, projected amount of dredge materials, and spoil disposal. The plan
shall describe anticipated maintenance dredging activities and anticipated
maintenance dredging intervals.
4. Dredging shall be prohibited in those special and Outstanding Florida Waters
as provided for by the state unless specifically authorized by the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, the St. Johns River Water
Management District, or the Army Corps of Engineers.
5. Dredge spoil shall be disposed of in upland areas as approved by applicable
federal, state, and local agencies.
6. Designed engineering controls shall be utilized for marina facilities parallel
to the Intracoastal Waterway to minimize maintenance dredging unless it can
be clearly demonstrated to the Land Use Administrator that the proposed
marina facility will not require excessive maintenance dredging. For the
purposes of this Code, excessive maintenance dredging means maintaining
adequate water depth at the marina facility by the use of maintenance
dredging more than one (1) time in a one (1) year period. In lieu of requiring
engineering controls, the owner or applicant may require the utilization of
shallow drafting boats. For the purposes of this Code, shallow drafting boats
are designed and approved to draft less than two (2) feet of water.
C. Erosion, Shoaling, and Shoreline Stabilization
City of Palm Coast Unified Land Development Code
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Adopted 8-19-08 – Ordinance # 2008-16
Amended 12-15-09 – Ord. # 2009-26; Amended 10-5-2010 – Ord. # 2010-13