Lost Tree Village Corp. v. Board of Trustees

KLEIN, Judge.

Lost Tree Village Corporation appeals from a final order of the Division of Administrative Hearings which determined that certain proposed amendments to rules 18-21.003 and 18-21.004 of the Florida Administrative Code are valid. These amendments will prevent construction of bridges and utility lines over submerged sovereign land owned by the Internal Improvement Trust Fund (IITF). Lost Tree challenged the amendments because it wants to construct a residential development and golf course on seven undeveloped islands in the Indian River. We affirm.

Generally speaking, islands are…