Are permits still required for seawall construction???

[florida girl]

What construction? There wasn't anything there! Those who survived, had seawalls!

Which by the way, out of towners that owned acreage on the bay were paying taxes on land that is no longer there. 10 acre Federal lots were washed away. It's sand after all, sand shifts. Even the Gulf shore is not the same as 30 years ago, much of it has gone. Don't know what folks will do about the private beach problem after a few more storms, they won't have the property to argue about, much less a bulkhead.

 

[Smiling JOe]

So I see they have started construction of the seawall, well off the dry land and into the water. I see a construction permit box which appears to have some permits, but my question still stands, if the County Laws restrict the building of seawalls and bulkheads on the Bay, how did the Billy Bearden (planning dept) have the authority to issue the permits to build the seawall into the water?

Walton County Commissioners, are you reading this?

 

[Jdarg]

I wondered the same thing about the placement of the wall.

When I drove by to earlier to snoop and be a "nosy neighbor", I got a good snicker when I saw a local landscaping company sneaking by to put their flatbed full of trash into the big red dumpsters.

 

[joho]

Can't we just chalk this one up as "Neighborhood Watch"?

I've been known to call authorities on many occassions living here for the past quarter century. Especially when something sends up a red flag.

 

[Smiling JOe]

After a little more research, I find that the property lines for these Bay front lots go only to the "water's edge of the Choctawhatchee Bay," according to the legal descriptions. Interesting that they are now extending the lots into the Bay by and additional approximate 15-20ft. You cannot go by the photo directly above to see the additional footage because they added much of that sand into what used to be the water, prior to the track hoe coming in and digging out the Bay, adding the sand onto the bank.

Who has the DEP's number? I think it is time for another call.

 

[GoodWitch58]

Here is the one I used last week on another issue.

DEP Pensacola 850 595-8300

 

[GoodWitch58]

and the Army Corps of Engineers in Panama City, Kevin O'Kane
850 763-0717 x22

 

[ShallowsNole]

That does look little far out in the water. I want to know what they used to sink their poles. Or, are they professionals?

 

[Smiling JOe]

ShallowsNole, can't you go crack a stick against the head of some of those County Commissioners for me? They won't even reply to my email regarding my question of why Billy signed off of building permits for something that isn't allowed.

 

[buckjones]

Joe, why would they respond to questions about

faulty building permits when they don't even do anything about projects built with NO building permits(SEE Roe Cutchens 200' seawall). Spending any time whatsoever attempting to communicate with them is simply wasted IMO.