7632-06
ORDINANCE NO. 7632-06
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 33, SECTION 33.114, CODE OF
ORDINANCES, RELATING TO VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT
PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN AREAS, TO ADD A DEFINED AREA
FOR NO VESSELS AROUND PIER 60; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, there is no record of State approval for the buoys placed around the
pier marking the artificial fishing reef, and
WHEREAS, subsequent placing of additional buoys to protect boaters from
fishermen's hooks and lines were also placed without documented approval; and
WHEREAS, the buoys placed for boater safety drift with the tides and get tangled in
the support structure of the pier; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 33.114, Code of Ordinances is amended by creating a new
subsection 33.114(A) to read as follows:
Sec. 33.114. Vessels and aircraft prohibited in certain areas.
Except as provided in this article, it shall be unlawful for any person to steer,
propel, operate or cause to be operated any vessel or aircraft within the waters of the
following described area located on Clearwater Beach:
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33.114A. All waters in the followinq described area are desiqnated as no
vessels: Beqin at the dock behind the Bait House on Pier 60, then out approximately 50
feet. located by a pilinq at 27 deqrees 58 minutes 39 seconds north. 82 deqrees 49
minutes 49 seconds west, and continue in a westerly direction approximately 300 feet
to a point on the T-dock of the Pier, then in a northerly direction to a point marked by a
buoy at 27 deqrees 58 minutes 41 seconds north. 82 deqrees 49 minutes 53 seconds
west. then in a westerly direction approximately 90 feet. more or less, to a point located
by a buoy at 27 deqrees 58 minutes 41 seconds north, 82 deqrees 49 minutes 58
seconds west. then in a southerly direction approximately 100 yards to a point located
by a buoy at 27 deqrees 58 minutes 39 seconds north, 82 deqrees 49 minutes 54
seconds west. then in an easterly direction to a point located by a buoy at 27 deqrees
58 minutes 39 seconds north, 82 deqrees 49 minutes 52 seconds west, then north to a
point on the T -dock of the Pier, then east approximately 300 feet to a point located by a
pilinq located at 27 deqrees 58 minutes 37 seconds north, 82 deqrees 49 minutes 52
seconds west. the north to the dock of the Pier across from the Bait House on the Pier.
Ordinance No. 7632-06
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING
April 20, 2006
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Approved as to form:
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Assistant City Attorney
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Mayor
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