Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title II - Licenses, Permits and Concession Contracts › Chapter 16 - Docks and Other Structures on Public Waters › Rule 571-16.16 - Procedures and Policies for Dock Site Permits and Hoist or Slip Assignments in Dock Management Areas

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Application permit and slip assignment.
A dock site permit
				authorizes a person to install and maintain a dock in a designated dock
				management area. Each permit shall identify the number of hoists or slips to be
				included for storage of boats at the dock. A separate hoist or slip assignment
				will be issued for each hoist or slip space at the dock. For purposes of these
				dock management area rules, "permittee" means the person(s) to whom a dock site
				permit is issued and the person(s) to whom each hoist or slip assignment is
				issued. Application forms for dock site permits and hoist or slip assignments
				in a dock management area shall be made available at a nearby DNR
				office.
(2)
Priority
				selection process.
Dock site permits and hoist or slip assignments
				shall be available to all members of the public through a selection process
				based on the following order of priorities. A waiting list shall be established
				that follows the same order of priorities. First priority is for owners of
				residences adjoining or immediately across a street from the public land;
				second priority is for owners of other residences within the housing
				association or subdivision adjoining or immediately across a street from the
				public land; third priority is for all other Iowa residents; fourth priority is
				for nonresidents. The order of priorities, changes in the number of residential
				units per dock site, and changes in the number of vessels per residential unit
				will be made effective as existing permits expire. A permittee who has a valid
				hoist or slip assignment will not lose their assignment to a new higher
				priority applicant if the permit is renewed prior to it expiring at the end of
				the five-year term and payment is received by the deadline established in rule
				571-16.19(461A). If the permittee fails to renew the permit, the permittee may
				be placed on the waiting list and the highest person on the waiting list will
				be offered the open hoist or slip assignment. Any permittee who moves to a new
				residence may be considered a new applicant when the current permit expires at
				the end of the five-year term. The permittee will be placed on the waiting list
				based on the new address, and the highest person on the waiting list will be
				offered the open hoist or slip assignment. For purposes of these dock
				management area rules, "residence" means a single residential living unit,
				which may be a rental unit. Notwithstanding these priorities, if property in
				the first or second priority category is redeveloped with higher density
				residential living units, there is no assurance that dock, hoist or slip space
				will be available to accommodate such increased density before other property
				included in the first or second priority categories.