Resolution 068-1985
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068 - 1985
IDHEREA.$, the B~ARD ~f t~UNty t~mml.$.$I~NER.$ ~f m~NR~E t~UNty,
fC~RIDA, has receiveD an application from Henry A. Amaon, anD
IDKEREA.$, in compliance with .$tate .$tatute, it is necessary as
part of the permitting proceDure to reaD the following Biological
Assessment into the RecorD, as follows:
The applicant would like to provide improved boat mooring
facilities at his canal front residential property. In
order to accomplish this goal, the applicant proposes to
excavate a boat slip along the shoreline of his property.
The proposed boat slip will measure 40 ft. long, parallel
to the shoreline, and 15 ft. wide and 6 ft. mean low water
(MLW) deep. Approximately 190 yd3 of material will be
excavated, virtually entirely landward of mean high water
(MHW), in order to create the slip. The applicant's
estimate of 1,200 yd3 of excavation appears to be very high.
No information on how the proposed construction work will be
accomplished is provided with the application. Information
on how the spoil will be disposed of is particularly absent.
No information on how water quality will be maintained while
the project is under construction, has been provided.
The project site is located in the Rock Harbor area of Key
Largo in the Key Largo Ocean Shores Subdivision. Most of
the subdivision is oriented toward single family residences,
however, sections of it are developed with business and
multi-family residences. The majority of lots within the
subdivision are canalfront. A network of three canals runs
through the subdivision. The canals connect to the Atlantic
Ocean within John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park at their
eastern end and Rock Harbor, also within the park, at their
western end.
A private canalfront residence occupies the lot which borders
the west side of the applicant's property. Boat mooring
facilities are provided for this residence by a large boat
basin on the side of the canal. To the east, the applicant's
property is bordered by a vacant lot covered by a mixture
of buttonwood trees (Conocarpus erecta), sea daisy (Borrichia
frutescens), sea purslane (Sesuvium portulascastrum), and
knot grass (Paspalum distichum). The south side of the
applicant's property is bordered by Lorelane Place which
provides overland access to it.
To the north, the applicant's property is bounded by a canal.
Both the waters within the canal and in Rock Harbor and the
Atlantic Ocean, at the end of the canal, are designated as
Class III Florida Waters (Chapter 17-3.081 and 17-3.161,
Florida Administrative Code). The waters of John Pennekamp
Coral Reef State Park have the additional designation of
Outstanding Florida Waters, (Chapter 17-3.041, Florida
Administrative Code).
Key Largo Ocean Shores subdivision has been the location of
several recent projects permitted by the Department. The
most noteworthy among these is Permit Number 44-34296, issued
on April 23, 1982, to Mr. Robert Krieter which authorized
the dredging of one of the three canals within the subdivision.
Resolution No.
Henry A. Amoon
Page two
The applicant's property consists of a 70 ft. by 120 ft.
canalfront lot with the long axis oriented perpendicular to
the canal shoreline. The ground is quite flat on the lot at
an elevation of approximately one foot above mean high water
(MEW). Substrate on the lot consists of a very thin layer
of crushed rock fill over Key Largo limestone bedrock. High
points in the bedrock shows through the fill at many locations.
The canal was excavated through the bedrock adjacent to the
applicant's property, in a manner which resulted in a near
verticle but very jagged canal wall. Depths within the
canal typically run around eight to ten feet MLW. A signi-
ficant tidal head difference exists between the Atlantic
Ocean and the Rock Harbor end of the canal. The result of
this head difference is relatively high current volocities
within the canal. The high current velocities and generally
good flushing characteristics of the canal, have in turn
resulted in favorable water quality conditions.
The flora on the lot can be divided into three general cat-
egories. One of these categories is the canal edge,
dominated by a row of buttonwood trees which typically run
around 15 ft. high with an understory composed of sea daisy
and sea purslane. The remaining two categories of flora
account for the remaining area of the lot. In both of these
two areas, the lot is covered by numerous but widely spaced
buttonwood trees, along with one or two Florida Holly trees
(Schinus terebinthifolius). The distinguishing character-
istics that separates the two areas is the ground cover. On
roughly the eastern half of the lot, the ground cover around
the trees is dominated by sea daisy. On the northern half of
the lot, the ground cover is dominated by the fringerush
Fimbristylis spathacea and Sporobolus domingensis. The
difference in the ground cover on the eastern and western
halves of the lot appears to be caused by the western half
having been mowed periodically in the past. A few scattered
patches of sea purslane were observed on both sides of the
lot and an area vegetated by knotgrass (Paspalum distichun)
runs along the road.
The remains of what appeared to be a very old wrack line
(i.e. at least several months old), was located in the central
portion of the lot.
Construction related activities are likely to result in
temporarily elevated levels of dissolved organic compounds,
particulate organic compounds, and turbidity in the waters
surrounding the project site. The applicant has not
indicated any plans to utilize any controls that would result
in a reduction of this impact. Without proper controls,
the strong currents in the canal are likely to carry the
pollutants, generated by the construction activities, far
and wide.
Once the boat slip is complete and in use, it will facilitate
a more intense level of use of the canal. Increased
discharges of toxic metals, hydrocarbons, detergents, organic
compounds and miscellaneous debris can be expected to
result. The magnitude of the increase of these discharges
is not expected to be very great and the strong flushing
currents in the canal are expected to keep the levels of
these pollutants at acceptable levels.
Resolution No.
Henry A. Amoon
Page three
Although the application does not state where the spoil
generated by the proposed work will be placed, it seems
likely that it will end up on the applicant's lot. Spoiling
on the applicant's lot will tend to destroy the wetlands
which presently cover much of it. Additionally, the
operation of construction equipment on the lot, while the
slip is being excavated, is likely to scarify the wetlands on
the lot. It is therefore likely that a secondary im~act of
the proposed work will be damage to or loss of the wetlands
on the applicant's property. With the loss of the wetlands
will also be the loss of the associated functions of primary
production, habitat and pollution filtration. In the case
of the project site, these functions are represented
moderately well.
BE It RE$~C~ED BY tHE B~ARD ~f C~UNtY C~mmI$$I~NER$ ~f m~NR~E
C~UNtY, fC~RIDA, that the ahove Biological Assessment has heen
reao into the recoro ana ou1y consioereo pursuant to f1orioa
$tatute 253.124 hy the Boaro of County Commissioners of ffionroe
County f1orioa, this ~ oay of /Y/ CI rc.h , 19 <i 0-
at a regularly scheou1eo meeting.
B~ARD ~f C~UNtY C~mmI$$I~NER$ ~f
m~NR~E C~UNtY, fC~RIDA
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County Attorney
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.BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Wilhelmina Harvey, District 1
Ed Swift, District 2
Jerry Hernandez, District 3
Mayor Pro tem Alison Fahrer, District 4
Mayor Ken Sorensen, District 5
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Lucien C. Proby,
County Attorney
310 Fleming Street
Key West, Florida 33040
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I, the undersigned, do hereby attest that all data
and irr~ormation is complete in the package of the applicant
as follows:
1. County Biologist Report
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2. Resolution(HENRY AMMON)
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3. Application for Permit(Excavation & Boatslip)
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4. Site Plan
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5. Location Map
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6. DER Assessment
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County Biologist recommends conditional approval. Please note
conditions on page two (2) of Robert Smith's report.
Also, applicant already has permits from the C.O.E. and the F.D.E.R.
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M E M 0 RAN DUM
DATE: January 30, 1985
TO: Jeffrey Doyle, Ph. D. , Director
FROM: Robert Smith, Biologist R~
SUBJECT: Amoon, excavation, boats lip
LEGAL
Lot 16, Block 14, Key Largo Ocean Shores Subdivision
Key Largo
ZONING:
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INTRODUCTION: This application for excavation of a boatslip, which
involves greater than 100 cubic yards, should be reviewed by the
Board of County Commissioners pursuant to Section 19-111 (b) (4)
of the Monroe County Code.
SITE AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This application for the excavation
of a boatslip involving 190 yards of excavated material and which
will effectively extend navigable waters should be reviewed by the
Board of County Commissioners pursuant to section 19-111 (b) (4) of
the Monroe County Code. All of the excavation will be landward of
the Mean High Water Line (M.H.W.L.).
The site in question was inspected on 12-20-84 and resulted in the
following: the parcel does not fall within the Shoreline Protection
Zone (S.P.Z.) as defined by section 4-18 of the Monroe County Code.
The lot abuts residential lots on the south, west, and north. To
the east the property abuts a subdivisional canal. The lot was
sparcely vegetated with Florida Holly (Schinus terebinthefolius},
buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus), Batis, sea oxeye daisy, (Sesuvium
portulacustrum), and a few scattered red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle).
This type of vegetation indicates that the lot is in a transition
upland-wetland zone. The lot was cleared without benefit of permit.
An after-the-fact permit was issued on 1-2-85.
The applicant proposes to place all dredge spoils on the upland
portion of his property. Exactly how the excavation will be per-
formed, ie. from the upland or from the canal, is unknown. Currently
the adjacent property owner has a similar boat basin.
III. EVALUATION: The anticipated long term impact on the environ-
ment should be minimal. Due to the good flushing action of this
canal, the impact of increased hydrocarbon load (fuel) should not
present a problem. Since the subtidal vegetation present is minimal
it is expected that little difference will be exhibited by the exca-
vation of this boat slip. The short term impact will be one of
temporarily raised levels of turbidity. ~ This could be controlled
with the use of tur~idity screens if properly employed.
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Jeffrey Doyle
Amoon, excavation, boatship
January 30, 1985
IV. RECOMMENDATION: The biologist recommends approval.
Conditions: 1)
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Turbidity screens to be employed.
The boat slip shall not exceed -5' ML~.
V. OTHER: The applicant currently has permits from the Florida
Dept. of Environmental Regulation (F.D.E.R. #440914715), and the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (A.C.O.E.)
Enclosures: 1) F.D.E.R. permit and bioreport
2) A.C.O.E. permit
3) Plaris-
4) Application
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PLANNING, BUJLDlNO , fDNING L _ AIlTMENT PERMIT APPLICATION F(
CA V A'I'IOPf, T818 DiCPOetl' OF PILL. OR STRUCl ~ ACTIVITIES IN TF.
WA1'D8 OJ! WETLANDs OF MONROE COUNTY.
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1\ Property owner. name & mailing ac:IdnwJ.
2) Date
3) Phone number
HENRY A. AMOON
UJN.\'l. 12th Ave. Miami, Fla. 33128
4) Contractor or agent's name, mailing addre~., phone & certification number.
1-305-324-0600
5) Lt'gal dCtirription of property:
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Lorelane Place
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ZOlling.
6) ! icscribe the proposed act.ivity, methods of construction & amount of materi81 (in cubic yards) to be excavated or
disdwrged, Describe purpose & intended use of proi;f' f\. (l ~ d
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7) !\ame, address & zip code of adjoining property owners whose property affronts water way,
F. C;\STRO
;'1. BROWN
190 Lorelane Place,
_}82 Lorelane -P lace,
Key Largo 33037
Key Largo ,33037
8 a) List other permits issued and/or applied for, include applicant's name, for this site:
11. S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS, APPLICANT H. AMOON
( see attachment
h) If llpplication has been submitted for this project (or one similar) in the past, explain reason for new application
and give applicant's name if different from current applicant.
N/A
9, List all Federal and State agencies that have received applications for this project.
U.S. ARMY CORPS. OF ENGINEERS
( see Attachment )
This completed application form will be accompanied by the
following, or it will NOT be processed.
a) Two (2) sds of drawings, on 81;'2 x 11 paper, .howing location, plot plan, top view and cross section of proposal,
druwn to scale.
h) Application processing fee as follows:
$75.00 for dredge, fill, docks OR any structures affronting natural water bodies.
$30.00 for vortical seawalls on man.made bodies of water.:.
$75.00 for any combination of the above activities per site.
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Application is hereby made for a permit to authorize the activities described herein. I certify that I am familiar
with the information contained in this application, and to the best of my knowledge & belief such information is
true, complete & accurate. I further certify that I possess the authority to undertake the proposed activities. All
provisions of laws and ordinances governing this type of work will be complied with whether specified herein or not.
TlH' granting of a permit does not presume to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of any county, state
or fl'dl'ful law regulating construction or performance of construction of this type of facility.
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STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
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BOB GRAHAM
GOVERNOR
VICTORIA J, TSCHINKEL
SECRETARY
SOUTH FLORIDA
BRANCH OFFICE
7451 GOLF COURSE BOULEVARD
PUNTA GaRDA, FLORIDA 33950-9359
PERMITTEE: Henry A. Amoon
123 N.W. 12th Ave.
Miami, Florida 33128
PERMIT/CERTIFICATION
NO. 440924715
DATE OF ISSUE: January 24, 1985
EXPIRATION DATE: February 1, 1987
COUNTY: Monroe
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE:
25 0 05 I 0 1 "N .
800 26' 20"W
SECTION/TOWNSHIP/RANGE:
33 61S 39E
PROJECT: Boat Slip
This permit is issued under the provisions of Chapter 403, Florida Statutes,
and Florida Administrative Code Rule(s) 17-3, 17-4 & 17-12. The above named
permittee is hereby authorized to perform the work or operate the facility
shown on the application and approved drawings(s), plans, and other documents
attached hereto or on file with the department and made a part hereof and
specifically described as follows:
to excavate approximately 1,200 cubic yards of material landward of MHW for
construction of a 40' X 15' X -5' MLW boat slip on a manmade canal contiguous
to the Atlantic Ocean (Class III Waters), an artificial navigable waterbody in
Section 33, Township 61S, Range 39E, Monroe County.
DER Form 17-1.201(5)
Effective November 30, 1982
Page 1 of 5
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File No.: 440924715
County:
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Date: 11-14- 8 4
Applicant Name:
Henry A. Amoon
Address: 123 N.W. 12-Avenue, Miami, Florida 33128
Agent (if applicable) : None
Address:
Location of project: Section(s) 33
Section(s)
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Local Reference: Key Larqo
Water Body: Atlantic Ocean
Nater Classification of Project Area:
Township 61S
Range
39E
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III Adjacent Waters: III
Aquatic Preserve:
None
Outstanding Florida Waters: John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
On site inspection by:
David Bishof
Date of Inspection:
10-31-84
Original Application: Yes X No
Revised Application: Yes No
Date:
Date of 2nd Insp.
Biological and Water Quality Assessment
A. Description of proposed project and construction techniques.
Quantify area of project which extends into waters of the state
(including the submerged lands of those waters and the transi-
tional zone of the submerged land) as'defined in Section 17-4.02
and Section 17-4.28, Florida Administrative Code.
B. Biophysical features of general area. Include comments concerning
extent of development of adjoining properties as well as relevant
historical 'facts about the area.
C. Biophysical features of specific project site and spoil site if
applicable. Include identification of bottom types and any
relevant historical facts about the area of the project~
D. Potential impact of project on biological resources and water
quality. Address long-term impact as well as immediate impact
for all aspects of the project.
E. Suggestions, where appropriate, for modifications that may reduce
or minimize the potential impact of project.
PERM 16-10(Rev.6/79)
AMOON, HENRY A.
#440924715
Monroe County - Key Largo
Page Two
A. The applicant would like to provide improved boat mooring
facilities at his canal front residential property. _ In
order to accomplish this goal, the applicant proposes to
excavate a b9at slip along the shoreline of his property.
The proposed boat slip will measure 40 ft. long1 parallel
to the shoreline, and 15 ft. wide and 6 ft. mean low water
(MLW) deep. Approximately 190 yd3 of material will be
excavated, virtually entirely landward of mean high water
(MHW) , in order to create the slip. The applicant's
estimate of 1,200 yd3 of excavation appears to be very high.
No information on how the proposed construction work will be
accomplished i~'provided with the application. Information
on~ow the-~pciil will be disposed of is particularly absent.
No information on how water quality will be maintained while
the project is under construction, has been provided.
B. The project site is located in the Rock Harbor area of Key
Largo in the Key Largo Ocean Shores subdivision. Most of
the subdivision is oriented toward single family residences,
however, sections of it are developed with business and
multi-family residences. The majority of lots within the
subdivision are canalfront. A network of three canals runs
through the subdivision. The canals connect to the Atlantic
Ocean within John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park at their
eastern end and Rock Harbor, also within the park, at their
western end.
A private canalfront residence occupies the lot which borders
the west side of the applicant's property. Boat mooring
facilities are provided for this residence by a large boat
basin on the side of the canal. To the east, the applicant's
property is bordered by a vacant lot covered by a mixture
of bottonwood trees (Conocarpus erecta), sea daisy (Borrichia
frutescens), sea purslane (Sesuvium portulascastrum), and
knot grass (Paspalum distichum). The south side of the
applicant's property is bordered by Lorelahe Place which
provides overland access to it.
To the north, the applicant's property is bounded by a canal.
Both the waters within the canal and in Rock Harbor and the
Atlantic Ocean, at the end of the canal, are designated as
Class III Florida Waters (Chapter 17-3.081 and 17-3.161,
Florida Administrative Code). The waters of John Pennekamp
Coral Reef State Park have the additional designat.ion of
Outstanding Florida Waters, (Chapter 17-3.041, Florida
Administrative Code) .
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AMOON, HENRY A.
#440924715
Monroe County - Key Largo
Page Three
Key Largo Ocean Shores subdivision has been the location of
several recent projects permitted by the Department. The
most noteworthy among these is Permit Number 44-34296, issued
on April 23, 1982, to Mr. Robert Krieter which authorized
the dredging-6f one of the three canals within the subdivision.
C. The applicant's property consists of a 70 ft. by 120 ft.
canalfront lot with the long axis oriented perpendicular to
the canal shoreline. The ground is quite flat on the lot at
an elevation of approximately one foot above mean high water
(MHW). Substrate on the lot consists of a very thin layer
of crushed rock fill over Key Largo limestone bedrock. High
points in the~e9rock shows through the fill at many locations.
The canal was excavated through the bedrock adjacent to the
applicant's property, in a manner which resulted in a near
verticle but very jagged canal wall. Depths within-the
canal typically run around eight to ten feet MLW. A signi-
ficant tidal head difference exis~between the Atlantic
Ocean and the Rock Harbor end of the canal. The result of
this head difference is relatively high current volocities
within the canal. The high current volocities and generally
good flushing characteristics of the canal, have in turn
resulted in favorable water quality conditions.
The flora on the lot can be divided into three general
catagories. One of these catagories is the canal edge, dom-
inated by a row of buttonwood trees which typically run
around 15 ft. high with an understory composed of sea daisy
and sea purslane. The remaining two catagories of flora
account for the remaining area of the lot. In both of these
two areas, the lot is covered by numerous but widely spaced
buttonwood trees, along with one or two Florida Holly trees
(Schinus terebinthifOlius). The distinguishing characteris-
tics that separates the two areas is the ground cover. On
roughly the eastern half of the lot, the ground cover around
the trees is dominated by sea daisy. On the northern half of
the lot, the ground cover is dominated by the fringerush
Fimbristylis spathacea and Sporobolus domingensis. The
difference in the ground cover on the eastern and western
halves of the lot appears to be caused by the western half
having been mowed periodically in the past. A few scattered
patches of sea purslane were observed on both sides of the
lot and an area veget~ted by knotgrass (Paspalum distichun)
runs along the road.
The remains of what appeared to be a very old wrack line
(i.e. at least several months old), was located in the central
portion of the lot.
G
AMOON, HENRY A.
#440924715
Monroe County - Key Largo
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D. Construction related activities are likely to result in
temporarily elevated levels of dissolved organic co~pounds,
particulate organic compounds, and turbidity in the waters
surrounding the project site. The applicant has not
indicated any'plans to utilize any controls that would result_
in a reduction of this impact. Without proper controls,
the strong currents in the canal are likely to carry the
pollutants, generated by the construction activites, far
and wide.
Once the boat slip is complete and in use, it will facilitate
a more intense level of use of the canal. Increased dis-
charges of____toxic metals, hydrocarbons, detergents, organic
compounds and miscellaneous debris can be expected to
result. The magnitude of the increase of these discharges
is not exp~cted to be very great and the strong flushing
currents in the canal are expected to keep the levels of
these pollutants at acceptable levels.
Although the application does not state where the spoil
generated by the proposed work will be placed, it seems
likely that it will end up on the applicant's lot. Spoiling
on the applicant's lot will tend to destroy the wetlands
which presently cover much of it. Additionally, the opera-
tion of construction equipment on the lot, while'the slip
is being excavated, is likely to scarify the wetlands on
the lot. It is therefore likely that a secondary impact of
the proposed work will be damage to or loss of the wetlands
on the applicant's property. With the loss of the wetlands
will also be the loss of the associated functions of primary
production, habitat and pollution filtration. In the case
of the project site, these functions are represented
moderately well.
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