Bulkheads/Lake Worth watersm soL IpN
(A RESOLUTION CONCERNING APPLI-
CATION FOR A PERMIT TO BUILD
BULKHEADS IN THE WATERS OF LAKE
WORTH. )
VETEREAS, the South Lake Worth Inlet District has
made application to the United States District Enginee~r Office
for a permit to construct bulkheads in the waters of Lake Worth
on either side of the South Lake Worth Inlet channel, and
WHEREAS~, the City of Boynton Beach is vitally in-
terested in the sanitary Condition of the waters of Lake Worth,
and.
WHEREAS, there is a large fresh water canal running
through Boynton Beach, which canal pours large volumes of muddy
water full of suspended muck and frequently large volumes of
hyacinths into the waters of Lake Worth, and further that a
large amount of sewage is disseminated into the waters of
Lake Worth, an~
WHEREAS, there are at the present time large accum-
ulated deposits in the waters of Lake Worth, which all but
obliterate the inlet channel and have created large sand shoals in
the channel and the areas adjacent thereto, and
WHEREAS, it is imperative to the sanitary conditions
of the waters of Lake Worth, as well as to navdgation, that the
South Lake Worth Inlet channel be kept open at all times for
the proper flow of tide waters in and out of Lake Worth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Commission
of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida:
'1. That the South Lake Worth Inlet District be
granted a permit by the War Department enabling said District
to construct bulkheads along its channel within the waters of
Lake Worth, so as to provide that the Sou~h Lake Worth Inlet
will at all times be kept open for the proper flow of tide
water in and out of Lake Worth.
2. T~at the south end of Lake Worth be kept open
by means of the South Lake Worth Inlet so that the highest
degree of sanitation may be maintained in the waters of Lake
Worth.
3. That said bulkheads be so constructed as to
also provide settling basins from which excessive deposits m~y
be remove~ and prevent the creation of large sand shoals.
PASSED AND ADOPTED t~is day of March,
A. D. 1947, at open meeting. '
(Signed) Paul Mercer
" Mayor '
.. (Signed) B. V. Tattersall
' 'Com~issiOh&r
ATTEST:
_ (Sign~) C~rence Benson
Commissioner'
'City 'Clerk ....