Private dock in Sarasota, FL - liveaboard

[5BTM]

Originally Posted by Chotu

Right? It’s a hard question to answer. But you would know one if you saw one, OP

They are these cuts in the land in Florida. They are in between all the houses in the developments.

If you picture a neighborhood and you picture a road running right down the middle of it with lots of houses on either side lining the road… , now fill that road with water and some docks, that’s pretty much what a canal is. .

They look like this from the sky.

That explains Florida in a nutshell; packed like rats, act like rats.

[nichthyes]

Originally Posted by Shanachie

Some communities in Florida do allow canal liveaboards, such as Las Olas Isles in Fort Lauderdale.

However, local ordinances require permanent pump-out facilities and other amenities to be legal. This is only right -- who wants you pumping your waste into their backyard?

Other communities prohibit it outright. Most waterfront homes are million-dollar-plus, and their owners have little need to supplemenbt their ample incomes that way.

I know that was a blunt and generic question. I know what a canal is generally, but I think this info is what I was trying to get at... more of the "why?" can't you live on a canal. Thanks for this insight, this makes sense.

[nichthyes]

Originally Posted by Scott Berg

What about Isle of Venice and Hendricks Isle in FtL? Lots of sanctioned live aboard slips with in slip pump outs

Also, as mentioned above about Ft Lauderdale, I figured there had to be somewhere on this coast that allowed liveaboards. I'll have to look into Isle of Venice. Also its good to know that single-family zoning is the issue.

I wouldn't mind living in a liveaboard marina to get used to life aboard, but I don't know of any marinas near Sarasota that allow this besides one in Bradenton, which is quite a far commute for me since I work in Sarasota.

[peacefulhiker]

Hi,
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Blessings!