NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 13, 2009, the South Florida Water Management District (District), received a petition for waiver from Canal Investments, Inc., Application No. 09-0213-1, for utilization of Works or Lands of the District known as the C-4 (Tamiami) Canal, for the proposed installation of a cross-fence with vehicular access gate at the east property line extended and to allow an existing asphalt parking area accommodating 6 parking spaces with bollards, buried electrical service with lighting, and a portion of an exfiltration trench to remain within the north right of way of the C-4 Canal, adjacent to 10690 S.W. 7th Terrace; Section 5, Township 54 South, Range 40 East, Miami-Dade County. The petition seeks relief from subsections 40E-6.011(4) and (6), and paragraphs 40E-6.221(2)(a) and (j), Florida Administrative Code, which govern the placement of permanent and/or semi-permanent above-ground encroachments within 40-feet of the top of the canal bank and within the District’s designated equipment staging areas at all bridges and pile-supported utility crossings as well as the placement of retention/detention facilities and use of motor vehicles (parking) within Works or Lands of the District.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Kathie Ruff at (561)682-6320 or e-mail: kruff@sfwmd.gov. The District will accept comments concerning the petition for 14 days from the date of publication of this notice. To be considered, comments must be received by the end of business on the 14th day at: South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, MSC 1410, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, Attn.: Kathie Ruff, Office of Counsel.