Purpose of article

This article is for the express purpose of prescribing an orderly procedure for the construction, addition or extension of all lands or islands bordering upon or lying in Biscayne Bay within the city; for the pumping or other removal of sand, rock or earth from lands, submerged or otherwise, also lying in Biscayne Bay within the city; and the incidental construction of bulkheads, fill, excavation or extension of sanitary or storm sewer outfalls, relocation of any existing utilities, extension or construction of pavement, curbs, gutters, sidewalks or other utilities which the director may require, all to the effect that the public's interest be best served through strict adherence by all persons to the provisions of this article and to the laws of the state.

(Code 1967, § 27-7; Code 1980, § 29-17)