Item S2
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
February 19, 2003
Division:
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING
Approval of a Resolution restricting trailer parking, size of boats and vehicle speed in Harry
Harris Park, Key Largo.
ITEM BACKGROUND
The Parks & Recreation Advisory Board recommended changes to make traffic within Harry
Harris Park safer and to provide the most reasonable accommodations to people who trailer
boats to the park and minimizing the trailer parking problems which have occurred in the
past.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION
CONTRACT/AGREEMENTCHANGES
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Approval.
TOTAL COST
COST TO COUNTY
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County Attorney - OMB/Purchasing 0 Risk Management 0
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AGENDA ITEM #
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Board of County Commissioners
RESOLUTION NO.
-2003
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA RESTRICITNG TRAILER PARKING AND SIZE
OF BOATS AND VEHICLE SPEED IN HARRY HARRIS PARK, KEY LARGO
WHEREAS, the County received correspondence from the Harris Park Neighborhood
Association and homeowners living adjacent to Harry Harris Park regarding the overuse of the
facility and disregard for rules and regulations; and
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2001, the County Commission received recommendations which
included trailer parking restrictions and boat size restrictions; and
WHEREAS, at said meeting the County Commission accepted the recommendations and
requested further action thereon; and
WHEREAS, Sec. 11-10(10), Monroe County Code authorizes the County Commission to pass
resolutions restricting parking, stopping or standing of vehicles in parking lots; and
WHEREAS, the County Commission has the authority and responsibility for setting policies
for the use of County parks; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
Section 1.
Boat trailer parking in Harry Harris Park shall be limited as follows:
(a) to the boating area and in boat trailer parking spaces;
(b) to no more than 20 parking spaces; and
(c) to boat trailers and tow vehicles shall be no longer than 55' in length
overall.
Section 2. The combined size of boat trailers and tow vehicles which may be admitted to
Harry Harris Park shall be limited to 55' in length overall. In order to ensure that no boat trailers
and tow vehicles with a combined length greater than 55' shall be admitted to the Park, there shall
be installed yellow stripes at the front gate spaced 55' apart for the gate guard to ascertain the
size of the tow vehicles and boat trailers for which entry is sought.
Section 3. The maximum speed in the Park shall be 10 miles per hour for which fines
shall be posted.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 19th day of February I 2003.
Mayor Spehar
Mayor Pro Tem Nelson
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Rice
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
Mayor/Chairperson
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