Florida Administrative Code
68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
68D - Vessel Registration and Boating Safety
Chapter 68D-24 - BOATING RESTRICTED AREAS
Section 68D-24.016 - Duval County Boating Restricted Areas
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 68D-24.016
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within Duval County, the following Boating Restricted Areas are established:
(a) Slow Down Minimum Wake Zones.
1. Sisters Creek - All waters in and adjacent
to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within Sisters Creek, from shoreline to
shoreline, from a line drawn perpendicular to the center line of the waterway
650 feet north of the Heckscher Drive Bridge to a line drawn from headland to
headland across the mouth of Sisters Creek at its confluence with Saint Johns
River, as depicted in drawing A.
2.
Atlantic Boulevard Bridge - All waters in and adjacent to the Florida
Intracoastal Waterway, from shoreline to shoreline from a line drawn
perpendicular to the center line of the waterway 1, 200 feet north of the
Atlantic Boulevard Bridge to a line drawn perpendicular to the center line of
the waterway 900 feet south of said bridge, as depicted in drawing B.
3. Beach Boulevard Bridge - All waters in and
adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, from shoreline to shoreline,
from a line drawn perpendicular to the center line of the waterway 1, 350 feet
north of the Beach Boulevard Bridge to a line drawn perpendicular to the center
line of the waterway 900 feet south of said bridge, as depicted in drawing
C.
4. Saint Johns River:
a. All waters of the Saint Johns River, from
shoreline to shoreline, from the Florida East Coast Railroad Bridge adjacent to
the Acosta Bridge to the Main Street Bridge, as depicted in drawing
D.
b. All waters of the Saint Johns
River, from shoreline to shoreline, from the Main Street Bridge to the Hart
Bridge, as depicted in drawing D. The zone established in this sub-subparagraph
shall be active and enforceable only during periods of unusually high vessel
traffic density. The regulatory markers posted for vessels entering this zone
shall read SLOW DOWN MINIMUM WAKE WHEN FLASHING and shall have amber or yellow
lights on both sides of the circle geometric shape specified in subsection
62N-18.002(3), F.A.C. The Sheriff of Duval County shall cause the lights to
alternately flash whenever the zone is active. For the purposes of this
sub-subparagraph, "unusually high vessel traffic density" means vessel traffic
associated with: events at Riverwalk or Metropolitan Park; regattas, races,
marine parades, tournaments, or exhibitions conducted pursuant to the
provisions of section
327.48, F.S.; and legal holidays
as specified in Section
683.01, F.S. The Sheriff of
Duval County shall notify the Division of Law Enforcement each time the zone is
activated or deactivated.
(b) Duval County is authorized to install and
maintain appropriate regulatory markers as directed by the Division of Law
Enforcement within the boating restricted areas and shall install and maintain
"Resume Normal Safe Operation" markers at the boundaries of the boating
restricted areas.
(2) The boating restricted areas are depicted on the following drawings:
Rulemaking Authority 327.04, 327.46 FS. Law Implemented 327.46 FS.
New 12-7-89, Formerly 16N-24.016, 62N-24.016.
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