Section 322.1008. Permits.

(1) A riparian owner shall obtain a permit from the department before dredging, filling, or placing spoil or other materials on bottomlands; dredging, altering, or maintaining an existing upland channel; or constructing a new upland channel.

(2)    A permit for upland channelling, as required in section 12 of the act, is not required for the construction of boat wells and slips which are not more than 50 feet in length, as measured inland from the ordinary high-water mark, and which facilitate private, noncommercial recreational boat use, if dredging or placement of spoil does not extend  lakeward  of the ordinary high-water mark.

(3)   Placing spoil or other material on bottomlands does not include either of the following:

(a)  ) Seasonal, private, noncommercial docks and boat hoists.

(b)   Maintenance of a structure constructed  under  a  permit  issued pursuant to the act, if the maintenance is in place and in kind with no design or materials modification.

History: 1982 AACS.