Item M4
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
July 18, 2001
Division:
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval to advertise an ordinance amending Section 13.5-5, MCC, in order to provide
for limitations on size of boats, limiting trailer parking, and raising the boat ramp fee in
Harry Harris Park in Tavernier.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
This amendment to ordinance was requested by Public Works and approved by BOCC a
June 20, 2001 meeting.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
See above.
CONTRACT I AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval to advertise for public hearing August 15, 2001 in Key Largo.
TOTAL COST:
Cost to County:
BUDGETED:
APPROVED BY:
County Attorney. OMB/Purchasing 0 Risk Management 0
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL~~#
JAM . HE ICK
DOCUMENTATION: Included 0 To Follow 0 Not Required 0
AGENDA ITEM #
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Public Works Department
ORDINANCE NO
- 2001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 13.5-5, MONROE
COUNTY CODE, PROVIDING FOR LIMITATIONS ON SIZE OF BOATS
ADMITTED TO HARRY HARRIS PARK; LIMITING TRAILER PARKING IN
HARRY HARRIS PARK AND RAISING THE BOAT RAMP FEE AT HARRY
HARRIS PARK; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILIlY; PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE
OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, boat congestion in Harry Harris Park continues to create adverse impacts
on the park and surrounding properties; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Sec. 13.5-5(j), Monroe County Code, is hereby amended to read:
(j) The following rules apply to Harry Harris Park only:
(1) Admission fees. (Noncounty residents only). Federal
holidays and weekends. Admission fee for Harry Harris Park is five
dollars ($5.00) per person plus an additional teA dellsf's ($10.00) twenty
dollars ($20.00) boat ramp fee for watercraft vessels with trailers.
(2) Boat Size. Boats beina trailered into Harry Harris Park
shall be limited to twenty-five feet in lenath. Boat trailer parking shall
be limited to the 20 spaces desianated for boat trailer parking.
(3) Trailer Parking. Any vehicles with trailers parked in
violation of this subsection shall be towed away at the vehicle owner's
expense.
Section 2. 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. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in
the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system
of the Code.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official
notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance
has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of , 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
Commissioner Murray Nelson
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE. Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
Mayor/Chairperson
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