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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 18 February 2004
Division:
Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes No ~
Department:
Marine Resources
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
First of three public hearings concerning a proposed Ordinance amending Chapter 5.5 - Boats, Docks, and
Waterways, creating a new section of the Monroe County Code limiting the size of vessels on man-made
waterbodies.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Some time ago the County Commission and the Marine and Port Advisory Committee (MP AC) considered a
number of issues raised by the public concerning the existence and use of large vessels on man-mad
waterbodies (canals). The MPAC held several workshops to take input from the public, to consider the issues,
and to develop options for the management of over-sized vessels within man-made waterbodies. The attached
ordinance embodies the recommendations of the Marine and Port Advisory Committee.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
None
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
NA
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS;
Approval
TOTAL COST:
None
BUDGETED: Yes
No~
COST TO COUNTY:
None
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
NA
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No ~ AMOUNT Per Month
Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty ~
Risk Management
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION: Included X To Follow _ Not Required
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM NO.:
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ORDINANCE NO. 2004
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS CREATING A NEW SUBSECTION IN
CHAPTER 5.5, ARTICLE V, Sec. 108 (d), ENTITLED
"OVERSIZED VESSEL REGULATIONS," PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF
INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE,
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners
to provide for the safety and welfare of its resident and visiting boaters; and
WHEREAS, there are over 25,000 registered vessels in Monroe County and
an unknown, but seasonally large number of visiting boats; and
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. WHEREAS. many of the resident'and visiting boaters dock and maintain
th~ vessels one ot the nearly 500 canal systems in Monroe County; and
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WHEREAS, most of the canal systems in Monroe County are narrow, less
than 100 feet in width; and
WHEREAS, the nature of these canals, being long and narrow, frequently
having tight turns, and always having a large number of vessels docked along their
margins, makes them very difficult to navigate, particularly for large vessels:
WHEREAS, navigating a over large vessel on most of the canals in Monroe
County constitutes a safety hazard to the captain of a large vessel and particularly
to the owners and captains of other vessels using the same waterway, now,
therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
Section 1. Insert Article V, Subsection 108 (d), "Oversized Vessel Regulations,"
to Chapter 5.5.
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Article V.
See. 5.5-108:
(d) Oversized Vesse! Regulations
(1) Presence of Certain Vessels Prohibited; exceptions
(i) Vessels over 15 feet in total length are prohibited from the use
of man made waterbodies in Monroe County, where:
1. Docking is on a canal or man-made waterbody less than 100
feet wide at the docking location; or
2. The vessel length is greater than the width of the man-made
waterbody at the docking location, or;
3. When docke~ the ve.ssel impedes the safe passage of other
vessels.
(ii)
1.
Exception to this regulation is made in the case of:
Boating emergencies, either in the case of the oversized vessel
itself or that its inhabitant..c; are in peril, or in the case where an
oversized vessel may need to respond to a boating emergency;
2. Major storm events;
3. For temporary maintenance and construction activities.
Section 2. Severability.
a. If any section, subsection, sentenct~, 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.
a. All Ordinances or parts of Ordin,mces in conflict with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 4. Inclusion in the Monroe County Code.
a. 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
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amendment thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the
uniform numbering system of the Code.
Section 5. Effective date
a. This Ordinance shall be filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners,
Monroe County, Florida at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 2151 day
of April. A.D., 2004.
Mayor Murray Nelson
Mayor Pro Tern David Rice
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONROE COUNTY, FLORlDA
BY:
MAYOR/CHAIR PERSON
(SEAL)
A ITEST: DANNY L KOLHAGE, CLERK
BY:
DEPUTY CLERK
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