Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62B - Beaches and Coastal Systems › Chapter 62B-34 - GENERAL PERMITS FOR ACTIVITIES SEAWARD OF THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTROL LINE › Section 62B-34.010 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Bluff" is a steep cliff or slope,
				separating the beach from a generally flat upland area of higher
				elevation.
(2) "Bluff Height" is
				the vertical distance between the toe of bluff and the top of bluff.
(3) "Department" is the Department of
				Environmental Protection.
(4)
				"Certified Armoring" is a manmade structure designed, constructed and
				maintained to survive the effects of a thirty-year storm and provide protection
				to existing or proposed upland structures from erosion, wave attack, and
				current action associated with that event, and certified by a professional
				engineer registered in the state of Florida to meet the criteria specified in
				subparagraphs  62B-33.024(4)(a) 
				1. through 4., F.A.C.
(5) "First
				Line of Construction" is a reasonably continuous and uniform line formed by the
				seaward limit of the foundations or exterior walls of habitable major
				structures in the immediate area, provided those structures have not been
				unduly affected by erosion. Decks, balconies, non-habitable major structures,
				minor structures, armoring and other similar structures shall not be used to
				determine the line of construction.
(6) "Footprint" is the area of the foundation
				supporting a structure.
(7)
				"General Permit (GP) Line" is the line that defines the seaward limit where
				General Permits can be issued for activities authorized by this rule chapter,
				is established pursuant to the provisions of section
				 161.053(18),
				F.S., and is recorded in the official records of the county.
(8) "Limit of Construction" is the seaward
				limit of construction authorized by a General Permit.
(9) "Major Road" are paved roads designated
				as public evacuation routes, or meeting the definition of arterial or collector
				in the Manual of Uniform Minimum Standards for Design, Construction, and
				Maintenance for Streets and Highways (also referred to as the
Florida
				Greenbook
) Florida Department of Transportation 2007, which is
				incorporated by reference. Copies of this document may be obtained by writing
				to the Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3522,
				Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400; or at the following web site:
www.dep.state.fl.us/beaches
.
(10) "Marine Turtle Nesting Habitat" is all
				sandy beaches adjoining the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico,
				and the Straits of Florida in all coastal counties and all inlet shorelines of
				those beaches. Nesting habitat includes all sandy beach and unvegetated or
				sparsely vegetated dunes immediately adjacent to the sandy beach and accessible
				to nesting female turtles.
(11)
				"Minor Structures" are designed to be expendable, and to minimize resistance to
				forces associated with high frequency storms and to break away when subjected
				to such forces, and which are of such size or design as to have a minor impact
				on the beach and dune system.
(12)
				"Non-habitable Major Structures" are structures designed primarily for uses
				other than human occupancy. Typically included within this category are roads,
				bridges, storm water outfalls, bathhouses, cabanas, decks, swimming pools, and
				garages.
(13) "Primary Dune" is a
				significant dune which has sufficient alongshore continuity to offer protective
				value to upland property. The primary dune may be separated from the frontal
				dune by an interdunal trough; however the primary dune may be considered the
				frontal dune if located immediately landward of the beach.
(14) "Registered Professional" means a
				professional registered or licensed by and in the State of Florida and
				practicing under chapter 471, 472, 481, or 492, F.S.
(15) "Second Line of Construction" is a
				reasonably continuous and uniform line formed by the seaward limit of the
				foundations or exterior walls of habitable major structures situated landward
				of the structures forming the first line of construction.
(16) "Toe of Bluff" is the location where a
				distinct change in slope occurs between the beach or berm and the face of the
				bluff.
(17) "Top of Bluff" is the
				location where a distinct change in slope occurs between the face of the bluff
				and the upland area.
(18) "Total
				Footprint" is the combined area of the footprint of the single-family dwelling,
				the footprint of any non-habitable major structures and associated minor
				structures, and all cantilevered areas.
(19) "Vegetation Line" is the seaward most
				continuous line of native perennial grass or woody coastal grassland and
				coastal strand vegetation such as sea oats,
Uniola paniculata,
bitter panicum,
Panicum amarum,
saw palmetto,
Serenoa
				repens
, or sea grape,
Coccoloba
				uvifera.
Rulemaking Authority
					 161.053(18),
					 (20) FS. Law Implemented
					 161.052,
					 161.053(4), (18),
					 (21)
					 FS.
New 3-27-03, Amended 11-21-05, 4-7-10,
					 11-28-18.