GRDA DOCK PERMITS
Residential and Commercial
Call the GRDA Office of Ecosystems Management, 918-782-3382, for the dock permit application listed below or click on the application link to download a printable PDF version. Mail all completed forms to:
GRDA Office of Ecosystems Management
PO Box 70, Langley, OK 74350
or drop off at the Lake Patrol office by Pensacola Dam.
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FLOTATION: Beginning July 1, 2006, no non-encapsulated white styrofoam may be used to replace flotation material unless a waiver is obtained prior to construction.
ALL TREE CUTTING AND SHORELINE CLEARING has been temporarily suspended until final approval of the Shoreline Management Plan. |
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Before You Build a Commercial Dock ...
Commercial Project Permitting Process
Before You Build a Residential Dock ... or have a dock built, move a dock, replace a dock, add to a dock, or buy property with a dock, it is important that you complete the following procedure.
Application Packet for Private Dock Permit
Application for private dock Requiring Directional Bearing - 8/07
NEW: June 2006. The private dock permit application has been updated. (This document is 3 MB and may take several minutes to download)
Be sure to fill out the application completely. Provide all the information that is requested, including length of the walkway and dock measured from the 750-foot elevation on Grand Lake and the 622-foot elevation on Lake Hudson and the distance across the cove. Please complete the private dock application check list and include with your completed application.
No Dock shall extend more than one third (1/3) of the cove measured from 750 feet mean sea level to 750 feet mean sea level on the nearest opposite shoreline of Grand Lake. On Lake Hudson, the elevation shall be 622 feet mean sea level in figuring the one third (1/3) of the cove rule. Additionally, no Dock shall extend more than 125 feet from the applicable mean sea level unless the water depth under the shoreside of the Dock, at 742 mean sea level on Grand Lake and 618 mean sea level on Lake Hudson, is less than 8 feet. In such instance, the Office of Ecosystems Management may approve the extension of the Dock up to the length necessary to reach a depth of 8 feet of water but in no event shall the length exceed one-third of the cove. The Office of Ecosystems Management reserves the right to deny an application if the dock extends more than 125 feet from the applicable mean sea level or if the dock poses a hazard to the public. In considering whether to approve such application, the Office of Ecosystems Management shall consider the positive and negative impacts to the characteristics, zoning and prevailing permitted uses within a half-mile radius of the proposed activity; the shoreline topography and geometry; the safety, navigation and flood control requirements; environmental impacts; potential economic development and tourism benefits; recreational use impacts; and applicable statutory mandates.
If you need help with these measurements, call the Lake Patrol, they will be happy to assist you. There is an annual fee based on size and use of docks.
If you are applying for a private dock that will accomodate more than 10 watercraft, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) must give its approval along with GRDA's. Once approval is granted, GRDA will contact you, and you may begin.
FERC and GRDA monitor the number of docks on the lakes, because they are concerned with maintaining public access and protecting environmental and recreational qualities of the shoreline and water. |
