The Planning Commission unanimously (with Commissioner Kate Sergeant excused) voted to recommend City Council approve amendments to the Sanibel Code regarding Alternative Shoreline Stabilization Projects.
The first revision is to update the title to “Living” Shoreline Stabilization Projects. Also, the proposal would modify the existing Sanibel Code to add language clarifying requirements, remove redundant and no longer applicable language, and add example designs.
Native vegetation is the primary component of a living shoreline stabilization project. The inclusion of rip-rap rock or other grey infrastructure must be designed in a manner that does not resist or redirect wave action or impede sediment accumulation…