571—16.16(461A) Procedures and policies for dock site permits and hoist or slip assignments in dock management areas.
	16.16(1) Application permit and slip assignment. A dock site permit authorizes a person to install and maintain a dock in a designated dock management area. Each permit shall identify the number of hoists or slips to be included for storage of boats at the dock. A separate hoist or slip assignment will be issued for each hoist or slip space at the dock. For purposes of these dock management area rules, “permittee” means the person(s) to whom a dock site permit is issued and the person(s) to whom each hoist or slip assignment is issued. Application forms for dock site permits and hoist or slip assignments in a dock management area shall be made available at a nearby DNR office.
	16.16(2) Priority selection process. Dock site permits and hoist or slip assignments shall be available to all members of the public through a selection process based on the following order of priorities. A waiting list shall be established that follows the same order of priorities. First priority is for owners of residences adjoining or immediately across a street from the public land; second priority is for owners of other residences within the housing association or subdivision adjoining or immediately across a street from the public land; third priority is for all other Iowa residents; fourth priority is for nonresidents. The order of priorities, changes in the number of residential units per dock site, and changes in the number of vessels per residential unit will be made effective as existing permits expire. A permittee who has a valid hoist or slip assignment will not lose their assignment to a new higher priority applicant if the permit is renewed prior to it expiring at the end of the five-year term and payment is received by the deadline established in rule 571—16.19(461A). If the permittee fails to renew the permit, the permittee may be placed on the waiting list and the highest person on the waiting list will be offered the open hoist or slip assignment. Any permittee who moves to a new residence may be considered a new applicant when the current permit expires at the end of the five-year term. The permittee will be placed on the waiting list based on the new address, and the highest person on the waiting list will be offered the open hoist or slip assignment. For purposes of these dock management area rules, “residence” means a single residential living unit, which may be a rental unit. Notwithstanding these priorities, if property in the first or second priority category is redeveloped with higher density residential living units, there is no assurance that dock, hoist or slip space will be available to accommodate such increased density before other property included in the first or second priority categories.
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