Florida Administrative Code › 18 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND › 18 - Departmental › Chapter 18-21 - SOVEREIGNTY SUBMERGED LANDS MANAGEMENT › Section 18-21.009 - Applications for Public Easement

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Applications for easements across sovereignty submerged land for public
				purposes such as public utilities, bridges, and roads, 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 to 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. If the applicant is a local governing body, the request shall be by
				official resolution or minutes;
(e)
				A sketch 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;
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;
(f) Noticing
				information as required by subsection
				 18-21.005(3),
				F.A.C.;
(g) 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. The applicant
				may request that the processing fee be waived for state agencies established
				pursuant to chapter 20, F.S., and local governments; and,
(h) If dredging is proposed, an estimate of
				the number of cubic yards of sovereignty material to be removed showing how the
				amount was calculated.