Found these words of great humor:
***** Executive Councilor Peter Spaulding said…
After the meeting, Spaulding said he was hopeful the decision to reject the boathouse would lead to some sort of dialogue on the subject. He said wealthy people are altering the landscape of the state's public waters by dredging.
"They used to have boathouses built out over the lake on rocks or timbers. Now you can't do that. But what they do is they excavate on the mainland, and they are changing the shoreland of the lake. . . . That is more destructive to the environment than building them over the lake."
He described the application the board rejected yesterday as excessive, with 1,500 square feet for two boats. In the application, the representatives of the landowner argued that the boathouse was the least destructive measure that could be taken, he said.
"The least destructive way is to take the boats out of the water in the winter," he said. *****
P.S.- If the boathouse in the picture is located in Alton, you should discover some interesting info about the requirements regarding the roof of a boathouse, if you were to check the code - the roof does appear to be flat in structure.
