Palm Beach received some good news this month when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection denied Riviera Beach’s request for a permit to build a mooring field in the Intracoastal Waterway off Palm Beach’s North End.
The mooring field south of the inlet would have created spots for 100 vessels 500 feet from the island’s coastline, starting near Arabian Road to the north and extending southward to near Garden Road.
In denying Riviera Beach the permit, an agency official said the state concurred with Palm Beach officials who argued that the proposed mooring field sits within the town’s jurisdiction. That makes it impossible for Riviera Beach to police the proposed facility as required…