North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 07 - Coastal Management › Subchapter H - STATE GUIDELINES FOR AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN › Section .1300 - GENERAL PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT BOAT RAMPS ALONG ESTUARINE AND PUBLIC TRUST SHORELINES AND INTO ESTUARINE AND PUBLIC TRUST WATERS › Section 07H .1305 - SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Boat ramps
				  shall be no wider than 15 feet and shall not extend more than 20 feet waterward
				  of the normal high water level or normal water level.
(b) Excavation and ground disturbing
				  activities above and below the normal high water level or normal water level
				  will be limited to that necessary to establish ramp slope and provide a ramp no
				  greater in size than specified by this general permit.
(c) Placement of fill materials below normal
				  high water level, or normal water level, will be limited to the ramp structure
				  and any associated riprap groins. Boat ramps may be constructed of concrete,
				  wood, steel, clean riprap, marl, or any other suitable equivalent materials
				  approved by the Division of Coastal Management. No coastal wetland vegetation
				  shall be excavated or filled at any time during construction.
(d) The permit set forth in this Section
				  allows for up to a six-foot wide launch access dock, fixed or floating,
				  immediately adjacent to a new or existing boat ramp. The length shall be
				  limited to the length of the permitted boat ramp with a maximum length of 20
				  feet waterward of the normal high water level or normal water level. No
				  permanent slips are authorized by this permit.
(e) Groins shall be allowed as a structural
				  component on one or both sides of a new or existing boat ramp to reduce
				  scouring. The groins shall be limited to the length of the permitted boat ramp
				  with a maximum length of 20 feet waterward of the normal high water level or
				  normal water level.
(f) The height
				  of sheetpile groins shall not exceed one foot above normal high water level or
				  normal water level and the height of riprap groins shall not exceed two feet
				  above normal high water level or normal water level.
(g) Riprap groins shall not exceed a base
				  width of five feet.
(h) Material
				  used for groin construction shall be free from loose dirt or any other
				  pollutant. Riprap material must be of sufficient size to prevent its movement
				  from the approved alignment by wave action or currents.
(i) "L" and "T" sections shall not be allowed
				  at the end of groins.
(j) Groins
				  shall be constructed of granite, marl, concrete without exposed rebar, timber,
				  vinyl sheet pile, steel sheet pile, or other suitable equivalent materials
				  approved by the Division of Coastal Management.
(k) Boat ramps and their associated
				  structures authorized under this permit shall not interfere with the access to
				  any riparian property and shall have a minimum setback of 15 feet between any
				  part of the boat ramp or associated structures and the adjacent property
				  owners' areas of riparian access. The minimum setbacks provided in the rule may
				  be waived by the written agreement of the adjacent riparian owners, or when two
				  adjoining riparian owners are co-applicants. Should the adjacent property be
				  sold before construction of the boat ramp or associated structures commences,
				  the applicant shall obtain a written agreement with the new owner waiving the
				  minimum setback and submit it to the Division of Coastal Management prior to
				  initiating any development of the boat ramp or associated structures authorized
				  under this permit.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 113A-107(a);
					 113A-107(b);
					 113A-113(b);
					 113A-118.1;
					 113A-124;
Eff. March
					 1, 1984;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2014;
Readopted Eff.
					 October 1, 2022.