HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 1984-61RESOLUTION NO. 84 -61
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO REBRAW *REVIEW
THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION .CONTROL LINE IN
BREVARD COUNTY AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in 1981 the Florida Legislature established the
Coastal Construction Control Line Law in an attempt to protect
the state's coastal areas from the "unguided development" which
results in the destruction and damage of public asset; and
WHEREAS, the objective of the current law is to allow as much,
freedom of development as possible for the property owner while
adequately protecting Florida's beach areas including the dunes
and property of the people in these areas; and
WHEREAS, the natural profile of a gently sloping beach of
adequate width and height is still the most effective method
known for dissipating wave energy; and
WHEREAS, the dune system with its vegetation is the last of
the natural defenses of the beach profile against wave attack
and it acts as a levee against high water; and
WHEREAS, the dunes serve as a sand . bank which replenishes
the beach in times of severe erosion; and
WHEREAS, the exchange of sand between the dune -beach system
and the offshore bar is a natural process which protects Brevard
.County's sandy beaches and should not be interfered with; and
.WHEREAS, efforts to control erosion and restore the beauty
and usefulness of the beach have met with only partial success;
and
WHEREAS, Brevard County's Coastal Construction Control Line
has not been reevaluated since its establishment. in 1981; and
WHEREAS, the recent storm has caused significant recession
of the dune, line; and
WHEREAS, the need for an additional setback form the Coastal
Construction Control Line for all alterations has been identified;
and
WHEREAS, the Department of Natural Resources, Division of
Beaches and Shores, indicated that the Coastal Construction Control
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in Brevard County is not scheduled for restudy in the near
future; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Natural Resources, Division of
Beaches and Shores has the capacity to assist Brevard County in
the analysis of an adequate interim setback from the Coastal
Conntruction Control Line;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Department of Natural Resources, Division
of Beaches and Shores assist Brevard County in the analysis of
an *interixt setback from the Coastal Construction Control Line.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to provide
copies of this Resolution to the State of Florida Department of
Natural Resources and the Brevard County Board of County
Commissioners.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately
upon its adoption.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida - 4th
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Approved as to Form:
day of December , 1984.
*Amended on 12 -04 -84
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NAME
YES
NO
FISCHETTI
x
MARCHETTI
X
NICHOLAS
X
RUTHERFORD
X
WINCHESTER
X
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