North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 89 - Water Commission
Article 89-10 - Sovereign Lands
Chapter 89-10-01 - Sovereign Lands
Section 89-10-01-10 - Projects not requiring a permit
Universal Citation: ND Admin Code ยง 89-10-01-10
Current through Supplement No. 395, January, 2025
The following projects do not require a permit:
1. Boat docks, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
a. They are
constructed, operated, and maintained by the riparian owner for personal
use;
b. The dock is used only for
embarkation, debarkation, moorage of watercraft, water intakes, or
recreation;
c. Only clean,
nonpolluting materials are used;
d.
The total length of the dock over the surface of the water does not exceed
twenty-five feet [7.6 meters] on a river or fifty feet [15.24 meters] on a
lake, and there is no unreasonable interference with navigation or access to an
adjacent riparian owner's property;
e. The dock is connected to a point above the
ordinary high watermark by a boardwalk that does not exceed twenty-five feet
[7.6 meters] in length and is removed from below the ordinary high watermark
each fall; and
f. Upon abandonment,
the grantee restores the bank as closely as practicable to its original
condition.
2. Water intakes if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
a. They are constructed, operated, and
maintained by the riparian owner for domestic use; and
b. The intake is removed from below the
ordinary high watermark each fall.
3. Watercraft that are temporarily moored.
4. Snagging and clearing, when performed by a federal or state entity or political subdivision.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 61-03-13
Law Implemented: NDCC 61-33
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