Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - "Dug-In" Boathouses being Prohibited

Orion · 10-05-2005, 08:42 PM

When you build a dug-in boathouse, you start at the point where the water meets the land and the depth is zero feet. You MUST dredge the area in front of the boathouse to be able to actually drive a boat into it. So the digging and the impact go beyond the dug in boathouse footprint. Also, if it is mandatory to have a 50' setback on a house and all other building structures, why would a boathouse be an excluded structure, especially since this is blatantly being taken advantage of with after-the-fact living spaces in them. Boathouses may have made sense when boats were wooden and needed better protection. Today, they are primarily shoreline scars which destroy the character of a "mountain lake". If you want a Miami shoreline, go to Miami.

10-05-2005, 08:42 PM	#7
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cow Island Posts: 914 Thanks: 602 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	lake dredged, too When you build a dug-in boathouse, you start at the point where the water meets the land and the depth is zero feet. You MUST dredge the area in front of the boathouse to be able to actually drive a boat into it. So the digging and the impact go beyond the dug in boathouse footprint. Also, if it is mandatory to have a 50' setback on a house and all other building structures, why would a boathouse be an excluded structure, especially since this is blatantly being taken advantage of with after-the-fact living spaces in them. Boathouses may have made sense when boats were wooden and needed better protection. Today, they are primarily shoreline scars which destroy the character of a "mountain lake". If you want a Miami shoreline, go to Miami.