Nell v. State

MANN, Judge.

A labor union owned several acres of land in Collier County on which it planned a recreational facility for its members. Work was begun on a man-made lake, then stopped at the request of the County Commissioners, who then allowed the project to proceed when it appeared that dredging the lake without a permit was not unlawful. Later, the union sought to connect the lake to Henderson Creek, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico. It sought a permit, thought at the time by all parties to be required by a county ordinance which forbade crossing a “salinity line” established to protect…