HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 1972-44RESOLUTION NO, 72 -44
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ACTION OF THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST
FUND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA REGARDING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CANAL
SYSTEMS,
WHEREAS, a preponderance of scientific evidence Indicates
that canals constructed to create waterfront building sites are ultimately
deleterious to the aquatic resources which the Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida in varying capacities,
jointly and severally, are charged with protecting; and
WHEREAS. It appears that such canals may cause serious
environmental degradation which reaches beyond the boundaries of the
immediate developed property; and
WHEREAS, it appears that where these canals are incisions
into the aquifer such development may threaten underground water resources
as to both quantity and quality; and
WHEREAS, it appears that waterfront canals may become a
liability to the local government as well as to the owner of such waterfront
property; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the contaminated condition of
labyrinthine canal systems presents a health hazard to both animals and
humans; and
WIIERLAS, it appears that such canals threaten the quality
of receiving waters, and create costly problems in maintenance for
individual property owners and public agencies; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the trend toward proliferation of
such developments, if unabated, will lead to environmental disaster for
Florida citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida is gravely
with
concet•ned the problem.
NOW, TlIEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
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COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That in the light of present knowledge regarding
private residential canal systems, it supports the policy of the Board of
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida to
discourage any agency, company, or person, public or private, from
(--A 1 constructing a canal system without any prior notification of the Trustees
and then applying upon completion for a permit to connect it to navigable
waters of the State of Florida.
SECTION 2. That the City of Cape Canaveral dupports the Trustees
of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida in calling on
all persons to take notice that anyone in the process of selling lots, or who
has sold lots, on the basis of a commitment to provide navigational access
to these lots and is in the process of dredging upland canals will not thereby
establish justification for the later issuance of a permit to connect them to
the public waters of this State.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately
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upon its adoption by the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida,
this 7th day of November, 1972.
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