Florida Administrative Code
68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
68D - Vessel Registration and Boating Safety
Chapter 68D-24 - BOATING RESTRICTED AREAS
Section 68D-24.008 - Broward County Boating Restricted Areas
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 68D-24.008
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) For the purpose of regulating speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway in Broward County, Florida, the following year-round boating restricted areas are established. The boating restricted areas exclude all associated tributaries, creeks, canals, backwaters, channels, boat basins and other waterways unless otherwise designated or specifically described for inclusion:
(a)
1. Hillsboro Boulevard Bridge - An Idle Speed
No Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on the north by a line drawn perpendicular to
the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 750 feet north of the
Hillsboro Boulevard Bridge and bounded on the south by a line drawn
perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 800 feet
south of said bridge as depicted in drawing A.
2. Hillsboro Inlet Zones -
a. An Idle Speed No Wake zone from shoreline
to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on
the north by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway 100 feet north of latitude 26° 17.339' North,
longitude 80° 4.842' West (approximately located at Channel Marker "68"),
and on the south by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway 1, 050 feet southwest of the intersection of the
centerline of the Hillsboro Inlet channel and the centerline of the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway, as depicted in drawing B.
b. A Slow Speed Minimum Wake zone from
shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway,
and including all waters of the Hillsboro Inlet, bounded on the northwest by a
line drawn from headland to headland across the northwestern end of the
Hillsboro Inlet at its confluence with the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, and
on the southeast by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the inlet
channel 150 feet northwest of the seaward extremities of the Hillsboro Inlet
jetties, as depicted in drawing B.
c. A Slow Speed Minimum Wake zone from
shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway,
bounded on the north by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the
Florida Intracoastal Waterway 1, 050 feet south of the intersection of the
centerline of the Hillsboro Inlet channel and the centerline of the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway and on the south by a line drawn perpendicular to the
centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 1, 425 feet north of the North
East 14th Street Bridge in Pompano Beach, as depicted in drawing
B.
3. North East 14th
Street Bridge - An Idle Speed No Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and
adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on the north by a line
drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 1,
425 feet north of the North East 14th Street Bridge in Pompano Beach and on the
south by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway 300 feet south of said bridge, as depicted in drawing
B.
4. Atlantic Boulevard Bridge -
An Idle Speed No Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the
Florida Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on the north by a line drawn
perpendicular to the centerline of the waterway 1, 350 feet north of the
Atlantic Boulevard Bridge and bounded on the south by a line drawn
perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 500 feet
south of said bridge, as depicted in drawing C.
5. East Commercial Boulevard Bridge - An Idle
Speed No Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on the north by a line drawn perpendicular to
the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 750 feet north of the East
Commercial Boulevard Bridge and bounded on the south by a line drawn
perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 700 feet
south of said bridge, as depicted in drawing D.
6. Oakland Park Boulevard Bridge - An Idle
Speed No Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway, and extending 1, 500 feet north and south of the Oakland
Park Boulevard Bridge, as depicted in drawing E.
7. Sunrise Boulevard Bridge -
a. An Idle Speed No Wake zone from shoreline
to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, from a line
drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 2,
250 feet north of the Sunrise Boulevard Bridge to a line drawn perpendicular to
the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 1, 500 feet south of said
bridge, as depicted in drawing F.
b. A Slow Speed Minimum Wake zone to be in
effect year-round on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays as defined in Rule
68D-24.002, F.A.C., from
shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway,
from a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal
Waterway 1, 500 feet south of the Sunrise Boulevard Bridge to a line drawn
perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 1, 500
feet north of the East Las Olas Bridge, as depicted in drawing
F.
8. East Las Olas
Bridge - An Idle Speed No Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and
adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, from a line drawn perpendicular
to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 1, 500 feet north of the
East Las Olas Bridge to a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the
Florida Intracoastal Waterway 3, 300 feet south of said bridge, as depicted in
drawing F.
9. Stranahan River - A
Slow Speed Minimum Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to
the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, from a line drawn perpendicular to the
centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 3, 300 feet south of the East
Las Olas Bridge to a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway 1, 500 feet north of the 17th Street Causeway Bridge, as
depicted in drawing G.
10. 17th
Street Causeway Bridge - An Idle Speed No Wake zone from shoreline to
shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, from a line
drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 1,
500 feet north of the 17th Street Causeway Bridge to a line drawn perpendicular
to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 800 feet south of said
bridge, as depicted in drawing G.
11. Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge - An Idle
Speed No Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on the north by a line drawn perpendicular to
the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 850 feet north of the Dania
Beach Boulevard Bridge and bounded on the south by a line drawn perpendicular
to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 1, 940 feet south of
said bridge, as depicted in drawing H.
12. Sheridan Street Bridge - A Slow Speed
Minimum Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on the north by a line drawn perpendicular to
the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, 850 feet north of the
Sheridan Street Bridge and bounded on the south by a line drawn perpendicular
to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 750 feet south of said
bridge, as depicted in drawing I.
13. Hollywood Boulevard Bridge - An Idle
Speed No Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on the north by a line drawn perpendicular to
the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 2, 570 feet south of the
Sheridan Street Bridge and bounded on the south by a line drawn perpendicular
to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 740 feet south of the
Hollywood Boulevard Bridge, as depicted in drawing J.
14. Hallandale Beach Boulevard Zones -
a. An Idle Speed No Wake zone from shoreline
to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on
the north by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway 2, 800 feet north of the Hallandale Beach Boulevard
Bridge and bounded on the south by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline
of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 1, 325 feet north of said bridge, as
depicted in drawing K.
b. A Slow
Speed Minimum Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the
Florida Intracoastal Waterway, bounded on the north by a line drawn
perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway 300 feet
north of the Hallandale Beach Boulevard Bridge and bounded on the south by a
line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway
400 feet south of said bridge, as depicted in drawing K.
c. A Slow Speed Minimum Wake zone from
shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway,
bounded on the north by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the
Florida Intracoastal Waterway 400 feet south of the Hallandale Beach Boulevard
Bridge and bounded on the south by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline
of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway at the Dade/Broward County line, as
depicted in drawing K.
(b) Thirty (30) miles per hour/fifteen inch
(15") wake zone -
1. This paragraph applies to
all waters of the New River Canal and the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within
Broward County.
2. Except where
other speed limits or operation restrictions have been lawfully established,
the maximum speed on these waters is thirty (30) miles per hour.
a. Any person who operates a vessel in excess
of the thirty (30) miles per hour maximum speed limit is guilty of a
noncriminal infraction, punishable by a civil penalty. The amount of the civil
penalty shall be computed in accordance with the provisions pertaining to
penalties for unlawful speed under Section
318.18(3),
F.S.
b. For the purposes of
enforcement of this subparagraph, law enforcement officers may use aircraft,
vessels, manual or electronic timing devices, or radar. If radar is used, the
provisions of Section
316.1906, F.S., shall be
complied with.
c. This subparagraph
shall not be interpreted to mean that thirty (30) miles per hour is a safe
speed for all vessels under all circumstances. Inland Navigation Rule 6, as
adopted pursuant to Section
327.33(3),
F.S., requires that every vessel shall at all times be operated at a safe
speed. Compliance with Inland Navigation Rule 6 may require speeds well under
thirty (30) miles per hour.
3. The maximum allowable wake created by any
vessel on these waters, regardless of the speed or size of the vessel, is
fifteen inches (15") in vertical height, measured from the ambient tide level
to the crest of the vessel's wake at a distance of not less than twenty-five
feet (25') from the vessel. Violation of this subparagraph is a misdemeanor of
the second degree, punishable as provided in Section
775.082 or
775.083, F.S. For purposes of
enforcement of this subparagraph, law enforcement officers may use mechanical,
electronic, or photographic measuring devices.
4. No person may operate any vessel on these
waters in such a manner as to exceed a maximum sound level of eighty (80) dBA,
measured at a distance of not less than fifty feet (50') from the vessel.
Violation of this subparagraph, or refusal to submit to a sound level test when
requested to do so by a law enforcement officer is a misdemeanor of the second
degree as provided in Chapter 89-428, Laws of Florida, punishable as provided
in Section 775.082 or
775.083,
F.S.
(2) Exemption - This rule section shall not apply to any person operating a vessel as a participant in, or during officially sanctioned trial runs preceding or following, a lawfully permitted regatta or boat race.
(3) The boating restricted areas described in Rule 68D-24.008, F.A.C., are depicted on the following drawings:
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Rulemaking Authority 327.04, 327.46 FS. Law Implemented 327.46 FS., Chapter 86-364, Ch. 89-428, Laws of Florida.
New 11-9-86, Amended 6-14-93, Formerly 16N-24.008, Amended 12-18-94, Formerly 62N-24.008, Amended 7-21-13, 9-27-21.
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