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ORDINANCE 2025 - &I-Z -
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH,
<br />FLORIDA, CREATING CHAPTER 187 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
<br />OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, ENTITLED, "VESSELS AND WATERWAYS," TO ESTABLISH
<br />REGULATIONS FOR THE ANCHORING OF CERTAIN VESSELS UPON THE CITY'S
<br />JURISDICTIONAL WATERS; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION, REPEALER,
<br />SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, Chapter 327 of the Florida Statutes is known as the "Florida Vessel Safety
<br />Law;" and
<br />WHEREAS, the City of Sunny Isles Beach ("City") attracts residents and visitors from
<br />around the world, including boating enthusiasts operating vessels of all types, who enjoy the
<br />water quality and amenities that the City's jurisdictional waters and waterways offer; and
<br />WHEREAS, unregulated and unmanaged long-term anchoring may pose a threat to the
<br />health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City, including its boaters and vessel owners,
<br />due to the potential discharge of materials detrimental to water quality and public health and
<br />threats to protected aquatic flora and fauna, including seagrasses; and
<br />WHEREAS, unregulated and unmanaged long-term anchoring upon the waters of the
<br />City, prevents others from using the waters of the City, poses hazards to navigational safety,
<br />and may endanger public and private marine infrastructure such as docks, piers, seawalls and
<br />bridges, especially before and during storms; and
<br />WHEREAS, during the 2025 Florida Legislative Session, the Florida Legislature amended
<br />Section 327.60(2)(f), Florida Statutes, therein authorizing counties with a population of more
<br />than 1.5 million, including municipalities within those counties, to regulate overnight anchoring
<br />within the waters of their jurisdiction, as prescribed therein; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City lies entirely within Miami -Dade County, a County with a population
<br />greater than 1.5 million, and is therefore eligible to enact an ordinance to regulate the
<br />anchoring of certain vessels upon the City's jurisdictional waterways, pursuant to Section
<br />327.60(2)(f)(3), Florida Statutes;
<br />WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it to be in the best interest of the public, health,
<br />safety, and welfare of the citizens to adopt this Ordinance and to create Chapter 187 of the
<br />Code of Ordinance, and to establish regulations regarding the anchoring of certain vessels in
<br />the City's jurisdictional waters:
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY
<br />ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:'
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