Florida Administrative Code › 18 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND › 18 - Departmental › Chapter 18-21 - SOVEREIGNTY SUBMERGED LANDS MANAGEMENT › Section 18-21.010 - Applications for Private Easement

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Applications for easements across sovereignty submerged lands for private
				purposes shall include the following:
(a)
				Name, address, email address, and telephone number of applicant and applicant's
				authorized agent;
(b) Location of
				the proposed activity including: county; section, township and range; affected
				waterbody; and a scaled aerial photograph of the vicinity;
(c) Satisfactory evidence of sufficient
				upland interest of the extent required by paragraph
				 18-21.004(3)(b),
				F.A.C.;
(d) A detailed statement of
				proposed use and satisfactory evidence of need for installation of
				telecommunication lines and associated conduits that are subject to the
				provisions of paragraph
				 18-21.004(2)(l),
				F.A.C.;
(e) A statement evidencing
				that the easement sought is in the public interest;
(f) Either a survey (when the easement area
				is 3, 000 square feet or greater), or a sketch (when the easement area is less
				than 3, 000 square feet), prepared by a Florida registered Professional
				Surveyor and Mapper and meeting the following requirements:
1. Using an appropriate scale on an 8 1/2" x
				11" page size (unless a larger size is necessary to provide sufficient clarity
				and detail);
2. Showing boundaries
				of the parcel sought;
3. Showing
				ownership lines of the riparian uplands;
4. Showing the line of ordinary or mean high
				water;
5. Showing the location of
				the shoreline vegetation, if existing;
6. Showing the location of any proposed or
				existing structures; and,
7.
				Including a legal description, total square footage, and acreage of the parcel
				sought. However, for applications received after October 29, 2003, for
				telecommunication lines and associated conduits in special consideration areas
				designated in paragraph
				 18-21.004(2)(l),
				F.A.C., a sketch of the location of the installation shall be submitted
				provided that an as-built survey and legal description are submitted upon
				completion of construction. Such sketch shall be on NOAA nautical charts using
				the smallest scale available for the portion of the route
				shown;
(g) Noticing
				information as required by subsection
				 18-21.005(3),
				F.A.C.;
(h) Payment of a $657.00
				non-refundable processing fee. This processing fee shall be revised annually on
				March 1 and increased or decreased based on the average change in the Consumer
				Price Index, calculated by averaging the Consumer Price Index over the previous
				five-year period, with a 10 percent cap on any annual increase. However, a $15,
				000 non-refundable processing fee is required for each application to install
				telecommunication lines and associated conduits received after October 29,
				2003, that are subject to the provisions of paragraph
				 18-21.004(2)(l),
				F.A.C., at a landing site, including applications to install telecommunication
				lines in previously authorized empty conduits. The processing fee for
				telecommunication lines and associated conduits shall be revised annually on
				March 1 and increased or decreased based on the average change in the Consumer
				Price Index, calculated by averaging the Consumer Price Index over the previous
				five-year period, with a 10 percent cap on any annual increase;
(i) If dredging is proposed, an estimate of
				the number of cubic yards of sovereignty material to be removed showing how the
				amount was calculated; and,
(j) If
				the application is for an easement of right-of-way for private access from a
				public road to lands of the applicant, proof of approval from the agency having
				jurisdiction over the public road.