Man faces serious penalties after attempting to create DIY solution for hurricane damage: 'Now pursuing alternate enforcement options'

Man faces serious penalties after attempting to create DIY solution for hurricane damage: 'Now pursuing alternate enforcement options'

Do-it-yourself yard projects can be great, unless you're breaking the law — and especially if you're harming the environment. After Hurricane Irma in 2017 ripped through Merritt Island, Florida, a local property owner was allegedly left with a tennis court-sized hole in his land.  According to an article in Florida Today, the property owner took matters into his own hands, filling in the area, including the Banana River lagoon, with dirt and roc…