Prior to the sale of lots within the subdivided project, the Articles of Incorporation must be filed with the state, and declarations recorded with the clerk of the circuit court. Submitting all of the necessary documents with permit applications helps expedite the review process. The governor and cabinet, as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state of Florida, have been designated by the Florida Legislature as the trustees of the state's sovereign submerged land and associated aquatic resources. For activities and uses associated with an ERP, requests to use sovereign submerged land are reviewed when the ERP application is reviewed. When an application involves an activity for which the District has permitting responsibility, the District issues the sovereign submerged land authorization acting as the staff of the Board of Trustees.
Some exceptions apply.
A breakdown of the types of activities covered in each of these authorizations can also be found in Section G of the ERP application package. Section G must be completed when projects include activities within sovereign submerged land. BACK TO TOP Newsletter available electronically The Resource Newsletter, formerly RegNews, is published quarterly in the District's Melbourne Service Center.