Resolution 371-1981
RESOLUTION NO. 37] -1981
A RESOLUTION CREATING A NO WAKE ZONE IN CERTAIN
AREAS OF BOOT KEY HARBOR IN MARATHON, HONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, residents and boat owners in and around the Boot
Key Harbor area have had numerous problems with boats being
operated in said \Vaters at an excessive rate of speed and the
wakes created thereby, and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Co~~ission has the authority under
the general police powers reserved to counties by the Constitution
and Laws of the State of Florida to adopt such reasonable regula-
tions over those waters within its boundary, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY C01~1ISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That the area of Boot Key Harbor westward from Boot
Key Bridge to Eleventh Street be and it is hereby declared to be
a no wake zone.
2. That the Monroe County Public Works Department is hereby
directed to place an official sign or signs notifying the public of
the no wake zone designation.
3. That the Clerk of the Board is hereby directed to forward
a certified copy of this resolution to the Monroe County Sheriff's
Office, the Department of Public Safety and the Florida Marine
Patrol.
Passed and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 15th day of December, A.D. 1981.
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