Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES › Part 23 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COASTAL WETLANDS PROTECTION LAW AND THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL PROGRAM › Chapter 08 - Requirements for Conducting Regulated Activities › Section 22-23-08-102

Current through June 25, 2024
Marinas, Boat Basins, and Boat Slips:
102.01 Must be located in areas that will
				have minimal adverse impact on wetlands, water quality, wildlife and marine
				resources, or sensitive coastal wetlands, and where minimal initial and
				maintenance dredging will be required.
102.02 Designs must not disrupt currents or
				restrict tidal flow.
102.03 Marinas
				must be located at least one thousand (1,000) feet from shellfish harvesting
				areas and at least seventy-five (75) feet from areas containing submerged or
				regularly flooded emergent vegetation.
102.04 More efficient utilization of existing
				marina space is preferable to new marina construction. Innovative solutions to
				increased demands for additional boat mooring and storage space, including dry
				stack storage or alternative slip mooring configurations, are encouraged and
				must be addressed in the environmental assessment required by Chapter 04,
				100.03.09.
102.05 Must be designed
				to avoid sumps and other conditions which would result in long-term degradation
				of water quality. Depths of marina basins, boat basins, and boat slips must be
				no deeper than the controlling depth of the parent body of water (navigational
				depth of adjacent waterway) and must become gradually shallower proceeding from
				the parent body of water to the nearshore area.
102.06 Must not be sited in areas of known
				high siltation and high shoaling rates or be located in areas of poor water
				circulation.
102.07 Proposals must
				include a long term dredged material disposal plan which provides for suitable
				upland disposal sites of sufficient size to accommodate disposal of dredged
				material from initial and future maintenance dredging.
102.08 Boat slips must be designed to have
				angled sides of one hundred and twenty-five (125) degrees or greater in order
				to provide for proper flushing and tidal exchange. Existing keyhole boat slips
				that are being modified must be modified in such a manner that allows for
				increased tidal flushing of waters.
102.09 Must provide for water circulation and
				be designed to accommodate tidal flushing by incorporating flow through
				breakwaters or similar structures. Marinas excavated from uplands or that are
				otherwise enclosed must have two (2) or more unrestricted openings for tidal
				movement.
102.10 The marina
				developer or agent must provide the Department a completed "Coastal Marina
				Screening Checklist" prior to filing a permit application with the Department
				or as an attachment to the application.
102.11 Marinas other than for expansion of
				existing municipal marinas or the construction of new public marinas by city,
				county, state or federal entities must not be located on or waterward of public
				beaches.
102.12 Marina proposals
				require surveys for submerged aquatic vegetation and shellfish within the area
				proposed for marina development.
102.13 Project proposals must include
				facilities for the proper handling of petroleum products, sewage, litter,
				waste, and other refuse. Marinas must have facilities for the collection and
				disposal of wastewater generated on site and must provide pump-out facilities
				for the collection and disposal of wastewater from on board holding tanks.
				Connections from marina disposal systems to existing sewage collection systems
				are preferable to collection of waste in a holding tank, and holding tanks are
				preferable to on-site collection and treatment of wastewater. If a holding tank
				collection system is utilized, proof of a contract with a pump-out service must
				be provided. Waste disposal and collection systems must be approved by
				appropriate state agencies, must have adequate signage directing vessels to the
				pumpout facility, and must describe the method of operation for the pumpout
				system.
102.14 Marinas are
				prohibited from conducting or allowing any activity that would negatively
				impact the current classification of adjacent shellfish growing waters as
				classified by the Department in accordance with Title 22, Part 1.
102.15 See also Requirements for Bulkheads
				and Seawalls (Chapter 08, 103), Channels and Access Canals (Chapter 08, 106),
				Dredged Material Disposal (Chapter 08, 107), Filling Other Than Dredged
				Material Disposal (Chapter 08, 114), and Dredging and Excavation (Chapter 08,
				117).