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Nov 2 0 1991 <br />BOOR PF�GF:d <br />Attorney Vitunac pointed out that first of all, this change <br />doesn't allow you to park a boat on anyone else's property <br />without their permission. Under this law, you could not park a <br />boat on -the public beach or in a county or city park or on your <br />neighbor's property. The only ones who would get a change in the <br />present boat policy are those people who own a beachfront lot <br />down past the area that is now restricted. <br />Roland DeBlois explained that the County also has specific <br />regulations relating to the limitations on the number of boats <br />stored in an unenclosed area on lots, limiting it to one boat. <br />He advised that this change would serve to allow the storage of <br />catamarans near the beach as long as it doesn't disturb the <br />beach, which is probably what this change was intended to do. <br />Again, the RV homes are not going to happen because of what <br />Attorney Vitunac just stated. <br />Commissioner Bowman pointed out that private property starts <br />at the mean high watermark, which is way up by the vegetation <br />line, and wondered where there is space to store anything between <br />there and the water. It seemed to her that all this storage has <br />been illegal. <br />Mr. DeBlois, in looking at the way that last line'is worded, <br />felt that staff would agree that the intention was for reference <br />to boats and could support the elimination of other vehicles <br />from this particular allowance. <br />Director Keating noted that they were all specifically <br />prohibited from being stored on the beach with the addition of <br />the wording "as long as they are not adversely affecting dune <br />vegetation." However, that made it seem like they could be <br />stored under certain conditions. <br />Commissioner Scurlock understood then that staff would agree <br />to eliminate all those other items and allow just one boat to be <br />stored on the beach in front of each oceanfront lot, and Roland <br />confirmed that would be staff's intent. <br />With regard to the confusion over the definition of the high <br />waterline, he noted that there are some lots in the county where <br />the owners actually own right down to the high waterline. <br />Chairman Bird felt that it depends on the area of beach you <br />are talking about. He lives in Castaway Cove and under normal <br />conditions, he would say that the high watermark is 50 to 100 <br />feet from where the dune vegetation starts. There is quite a bit <br />of white sand there that you could store a boat on without <br />harming any vegetation. <br />Director Keating commented that staff found that out when <br />they did a survey on just a small part of the south beach and <br />cited 5 or 6 catamarans, which were removed. <br />18 <br />