O93-15 ORDINANCE NO. 093- /~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
AMENDING ARTICLE III, SECTION 16-93 BOATS
AND BOATING, PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT
OF A MOTORBOAT AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT
SPEED RESTRICTION ON C-!6 CANAL (PIONEER
PARK); PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS,
SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, motorboats, vessels, personal watercrafts and
other watercrafts operate on a waterway known as C-16 Canal
(Pioneer Park); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Boynton
Beach, Florida recognizes that navigational hazards exist on
the C-16 Canal; and
WHEREAS~ in order to promote the health, safety and
welfare of the residents of the City of Boynton Beach a need
exists to install speed regulatory markers on that portion of
the C-16 Canal, 200 feet east and west of the boat launch
area.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, T~T:
Section 1. Article III~ Section 16-93 is hereby
amended by adding the words and figures in underlined type, as
follows:
Sec. 16-93. Speed causing harmful wake.
It shall be unlawful to operate any boat~ ~ vessel or
other watercraft upon any waterway or body of water within the
corporate limits of the city at a rate of speed which causes
............v~ ~L~ ~ waves to damage docks, wharves, seawalls or boats
moored or tied to a dock or wharf along ~ such waterways.
Sec. 16-93.1 Boats, Watercrafts, Personal Watercrafts;
Speed Restriction on C-16 Canal (Pioneer
Park
a. No person shall operate a motorboat or personal
watercraft as further defined by Florida Statutes or permit a
motorboat or personal watercraft to be operated in the C-16
Canal Idle Speed no Wake Zone at any speed greater than Idle
Speed No Wake. The C-16 Canal idle Speed No Wake Zone is
hereby established to be all waters 200 feet east and west of
the boat launch area of the C-16 Canal (Pioneer Park).
b. The C-16 Canal Idle Speed No Wake Zone shall be
marked on the canal with uniform waterway regulatory markers
in accordance with applicable state and federal laws and
regulations.
c. A violation of any provision of this Section shall
be punished pursuant to Section 327.73, Florida Statutes.
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Should any section or provision of this
i~iordinance or portion hereof, any paragraph, sentence or word
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, such decision shall not affect the remainder of this
ordinance.
Section 4.
ordinance.
Section 5. This
immediately upon passage.
1993.
Authority is hereby granted to codify said
ordinance shall become effective
FIRST READING this / day of June, 1993.
SECOND, FINAL READING and PASSAGE this /~'day of June,
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH,
FLORIDA
ATTEST:
C~y Clerk
( Corporate Seal
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Rev. 5/26/93