Boat houses

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by Descant

Some town zoning allows, some does not. Boathouses that extend into the lake, usually, no. Those that are dug in , maybe.

That is my understanding. You can only build a boathouse that is dug in and does not extend beyond the shoreline.

If you build one that, for example, has a 30 foot bay for the boat they will then call your shoreline that point 30 feet into your land. In other words, if you wish to construct a building on the same land, using the 50 foot required setback, it will have to be 80 feet from your natural shoreline because they start measuring from where the boat bay ends.