Projects not requiring a permit.

89-10-01-10. Projects not requiring a permit. The following projects do not require a permit: 1. Boat docks, if all of the following conditions are satisfied: a. They are constructed, operated, and maintained by the riparian owner for personal use; 5 b. The dock is used only for embarkation, debarkation, moorage of watercraft, water intakes, or recreation; c. Only clean, nonpolluting materials are used; d. The total length of the dock over the surface of the water does not exceed twenty-five feet [7.6 meters] on a river or fifty feet [15.24 meters] on a lake, and there is no unreasonable interference with navigation or access to an adjacent riparian owner's property; e. The dock is connected to a point above the ordinary high watermark by a boardwalk that does not exceed twenty-five feet [7.6 meters] in length and is removed from below the ordinary high watermark each fall; and f. Upon abandonment, the grantee dock owner shall restore the bank as closely as practicable to its original condition. 2. Water intakes, if all of the following conditions are satisfied: a. They are constructed, operated, and maintained by the riparian owner for domestic use; and b. The intake is removed from below the ordinary high watermark each fall. 3. Watercraft that are temporarily moored. 4. Snagging and clearing, if performed by a federal or state entity or political subdivision. History: Effective November 1, 1989; amended effective August 1, 1994; April 1, 2009; April 1, 2010; July 1, 2014; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13 Law Implemented: NDCC 61-33-02, 61-33-05