Florida Statutes Title XXVIII. Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use § 373.4132. Dry storage facility permitting

The governing board or the department shall require a permit under this part, including s. 373.4145, for the construction, alteration, operation, maintenance, abandonment, or removal of a dry storage facility for 10 or more vessels that is functionally associated with a boat launching area. As part of an applicant's demonstration that such a facility will not be harmful to the water resources and will not be inconsistent with the overall objectives of the district, the governing board or department shall require the applicant to provide reasonable assurance that the secondary impacts from the facility will not cause adverse impacts to the functions of wetlands and surface waters, including violations of state water quality standards applicable to waters as defined in s. 403.031, and will meet the public interest test of s. 373.414(1)(a), including the potential adverse impacts to manatees. Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the governing board or the department to regulate such secondary impacts under this part for other regulated activities.