Protect the Waterfront Guidance
If you are on the waterfront
- Provide a low-maintenance zone of at least 10 ft. around the water body. No grass clippings, pesticides, fertilizer, or irrigation water should be applied in this zone.
- Locate plant material to provide at least a 10 ft. low-maintenance zone adjacent to the water. It will filter stormwater and prevent erosion.
- Keep the shoreline (riparian zone and littoral zones) free of invasive exotic plant material, but check regulations before removal.
- Control erosion with plantings, seawalls, rip rap, or gabions where appropriate.
- Protect and plant Florida-Friendly shoreline plants.