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rr,-- JUL 16 196 BOOK 65 FA,r. 9 Attorney Barkett noted that the sure way to get the' guarantee is to go ahead and build your house; however, the City of Vero Beach does allow the docks to be built prior to the primary structure, and our Environmental Planner has indicated that with certain restrictions we can make these docks environ- mentally acceptable. It is simply a question of whether the Board wants to allow this construction.prior to the primary use. Commissioner Wodtke felt the only issue at this point is whether we want to allow the public hearing. He informed the Board that he spent a day in Jacksonville recently with the Federal Fish & Wildlife Agency, and there is a very definite concern on their part re the cumulative effect of single family docks. He stated that he would like to have a public hearing on this. Anyone who builds a dock is going to have to go through the process and acquire a permit just as if they had a house there in any event; this is allowed in the City; and he personally did not see it is that much of a problem. Commissioner Bowman felt if we are going to permit this, then we should consider that we will have a proliferation of these structures and perhaps we need a local ordinance to write some specifications for them. Chairman Scurlock believed that the utmost concern of the parties interested in having these docks is the river. He agreed we should hold a public hearing because if we are going to allow this, we certainly want to do it in an environmentally safe way. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman to authorize staff to schedule and advertise a public hearing on the above matter. Attorney Barkett felt if the Board wants an ordinance prepared, it would be best to choose one of the alternatives discussed previously, i.e., either to allow these docks as an accessory use in all residential zoning districts and thereby 52