Key Largo is unincorporated Monroe County, so the county's code governs your seawall: existing walls can be repaired or replaced, but new walls on open water are not allowed.
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Seawall Repairs by Solid Foundations provides seawall repair in Key Largo, FL for canal-front homeowners, dive and fishing businesses, and waterfront HOAs. Typical projects include void fill behind Irma-damaged canal walls, cap repair near dock tie-ins, and riprap at the toe under county rules. Call 866-398-9323 or use the quote form to book a free on-site inspection.
Key Largo is in the Upper Keys, about 25 miles from Homestead. It isn't a city. It's an unincorporated community in Monroe County that shares its island with Tavernier and North Key Largo. Offshore is John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, which opened in 1963 as the first undersea park in the United States. Next to a reef like that, seawall work gets federal attention. Key Largo is served by our Miami seawall repair team, the closest hub up U.S. 1, which plans crews and permits for the Upper Keys.
The National Hurricane Center surveyed a high-water mark of 4.11 feet above ground in Key Largo. Inundation ran 4 to 6 feet across the Middle and Upper Keys. Monroe County reports that all 513 Keys canals were affected to some degree, with about 100,000 cubic yards of debris estimated in the water.
That kind of event leaves walls standing but hollow. Surge soaks the fill, then drains back through the joints and pulls sand out. Years later, owners see a sinking yard or a dock that tilts toward the wall.
Monroe County's Land Development Code, Section 118-12(k), applies to unincorporated Key Largo:
On top of that, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary requires NOAA authorization and a benthic resource survey for shoreline work that may affect corals. The state's exemption in Fla. Stat. 403.813(1)(e) covers restoring a wall in place or within 18 inches waterward.
Since new walls on open water aren't allowed, keeping the wall you have is valuable.
Often. Florida's Keys dock rule (F.A.C. 18-21.0041) caps private docks at 4 feet wide and terminal platforms at 160 square feet over state lands. If a dock must come off for wall work, it has to go back within those limits. We plan the wall and dock work together.
Just south, the Village of Islamorada seawall repair runs under the village's own code instead of Monroe County's. In the Middle Keys, Marathon seawall repair is another separate city. Down in the Lower Keys, Big Pine Key seawalls share Key Largo's county code and took Irma's highest surge.
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No. Key Largo is unincorporated Monroe County, so the county issues permits and its land development code governs seawalls.
Not on open water. Monroe County bars new seawalls and bulkheads there. Existing, lawfully built walls can be repaired or replaced.
Key Largo is inside the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Shoreline work that may affect corals needs NOAA authorization and a benthic survey.
Irma's surge soaked the fill and then drained back through the wall's joints, carrying sand with it. The hollow has grown slowly since. Void fill and joint sealing usually fix it. ---
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