Behind a house on a man-made canal in Punta Gorda, in Charlotte County, the seawall was replaced with a new one about 75 feet long. According to a Florida Department of Environmental Protection order, the new wall extended about 3 feet waterward of the previous seawall face.
A complaint came in, and department staff inspected on February 10, 2022, under Complaint No. 37941. Four months later, on June 10, 2022, the house changed hands.
The file closed four years after the inspection, in DEP case OGC No. 26-0444, with a fine on the marine contractor and the new owners signing for the wall…