| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Gulf County; requiring the Department |
| 3 | of Environmental Protection, notwithstanding s. 161.053, |
| 4 | F.S., to issue a permit for a single-family dwelling on a |
| 5 | parcel if the parcel is located in Gulf County and the |
| 6 | applicant demonstrates the owner of the parcel for which |
| 7 | the single-family dwelling is proposed does not own |
| 8 | another parcel immediately adjacent to and landward of the |
| 9 | parcel for which the dwelling is proposed, the proposed |
| 10 | single-family dwelling is located landward of the frontal |
| 11 | dune structure, and the proposed single-family dwelling |
| 12 | will be as far landward on its parcel as is practicable |
| 13 | without being located seaward of or on the frontal dune; |
| 14 | providing an effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Notwithstanding section 161.053, Florida |
| 19 | Statutes, if pursuant to section 161.053(2), Florida Statutes, |
| 20 | the Department of Environmental Protection reestablishes a |
| 21 | coastal construction control line after January 1, 2009, and if |
| 22 | the application of section 161.053(6)(b), Florida Statutes, |
| 23 | would preclude the construction of a structure on property the |
| 24 | majority of which was previously not subject to the jurisdiction |
| 25 | of the coastal construction control line program, the Department |
| 26 | of Environmental Protection shall issue a permit for a single- |
| 27 | family dwelling on the parcel if the parcel is located in Gulf |
| 28 | County and the applicant successfully demonstrates: |
| 29 | (1) The owner of the parcel for which the single-family |
| 30 | dwelling is proposed does not own another parcel immediately |
| 31 | adjacent to and landward of the parcel for which the dwelling is |
| 32 | proposed; |
| 33 | (2) The proposed single-family dwelling is located |
| 34 | landward of the frontal dune structure; and |
| 35 | (3) The proposed single-family dwelling will be as far |
| 36 | landward on its parcel as is practicable without being located |
| 37 | seaward of or on the frontal dune. |
| 38 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |