Item T5BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 19 February 2003 Division: Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes No X Department Marine Resources
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval of an ordinance revising Chapter 5.5, Boats, Docks, and Waterways, Article V. Section 5.5-108 (b)
(1), Snake Creek.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
At the request of the Village Manager, Charles Baldwin, based on the recommendations the Village Nearshore
Waters Committee and the approval of the Village Council, this ordinance revision would change the slow
speed/minimum wake zone currently in place on Snake Creek to encompass the entire width of the creek.
Currently the zone only extends 100 feet from the shore of Venetian Shores Subdivision along the length of the
Creek.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
Ordinance 50-1995 — Creation of Snake Creek Slow Speed Minimum Wake Zone
Ordinance 61-1996 — Revision of Snake Creek Ordinance
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
NA
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS;
Approval
TOTAL COST: None BUDGETED: Yes N/A No
COST TO COUNTY: None SOURCE OF FUNDS: N/A
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No X AMOUNT Per Month Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty X
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION:
DISPOSITION:
Included X To Follow _ Not Required
AGENDA ITEM NO.:
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ORDINANCE NO. 2003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS MAKING A REVISION TO THE SNAKE
CREEK REGULATORY ZONE IN CHAPTER 5.5 MONROE
COUNTY CODE (BOATS, DOCKS, AND WATERWAYS),
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT ORDINANCE CLAUSES,
PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE
COUNTY CODE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, in order to protect the public health and safety, the Board of
County Commissioners created a boating restricted area at Snake Creek; and
WHEREAS, the City of Islamorada, Village of Islands has requested that
Monroe County revise the current boating restricted area at Snake Creek to further
protect the public health and safety; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT the following
revision is made to Chapter 5.5, Monroe County Code:
Section 1. Revise Sec. 5.5-108 (b) (1) to read:
Snake Creek: To include the entire width of Snake Creek, from 100 feet south of
the Snake Creek Bridge at U.S. Highway 1, to 100 feet north of the residential
shoreline of the Venetian Shores subdivision, Plantation Key.
Section 2. Severability
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If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this Ordinance is held
invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity.
Section 3. Repeal of inconsistent ordinance clauses.
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of said conflict.
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Section 4. Inclusion in the Monroe County Code.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the Code of
Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition to amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform
numbering system of the Code.
Section 5. Effective date.
This Ordinance shall be filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Florida, and will take effect upon receipt by that agency.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners, Monroe
County, Florida at a regular meeting of said Board held onthe 19th day of
Febuga , A.D., 2003.
Mayor Dixie Spehar
Mayor Pro Tem Murray Nelson
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
Commissioner David Rice
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
MAYOR/CHAIR PERSON
(SEAL)
ATTEST: DANNY 1. KOLHAGE, CLERK
BY:
DEPUTY CLERK
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
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