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10/18/84
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 50, ENTITLED
"SHIPS, VESSELS, AND WATEUAYS," OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDEDr BY
ADDING THERETO AN ADDITIONAL ARTICLE IVs
ENTITLED "MIAMI VESSEL MOORING COD ,"
REGULATING THE MOOR , -SETTING
STANDARDS FOR MOORING, DECLARING VESSELS IN
VIOLATION OF STANDARDS TO BE A NUISANCE,
PROVIDING FOR ABATEMENT OF IMPROPER MOORING
PRACTICES AND IMPOSITION OF EXPENSE OF
ABATEMENT AS LIEN AGAINST LAND TO WHICH
VESSELS ARE MOORED, PROVIDING FOR CIVIL
ACTION TO COLLECT COSTS OF ABATEMENT, AND
PROVIDING PENALTIES; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT
THE MOORING CODE PERTAIN TO THE MOORING OF
ALL VESSELS PROHIBITING THE INSTALLATION OF
PILINGS OR THE RAFTING OF VESSELS IN THE
NAVIGABLE CHANNEL OF THE MIAMI RIVER,
DEFINING THE SEPARATE MOORING REQUIREMENTS
FOR VESSELS OF 50 FEET OR MORE IN LENGTH, FOR
VESSELS OF LESS THAN 25 FEET IN LENGTH, AND
FOR VESSELS BETWEEN 25 AND 50 FEET IN LENGTH,
j PROVIDING FOR SAFETY INSPECTIONS WHEN THE
OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL IS ABOARD;
FURTHER PERMITTING THE CITY TO TAKE REMEDIAL
CIVIL, ACTIONS AGAINST OWNERS OF VESSELS WHICH
CONSTITUTE PUBLIC NUISANCES WITHIN THE MIAMI
RIVER OR ITS TRIBUTARIES AS WELL AS AGAINST
OWNERS OF LANDS ABUTTING SUCH VESSELS;
LIMITING THE COUNTY'S RIGHT TO PROCEED
AGAINST SUCH OWNERS OF LANDS WHEN SUCH OWNERS
HAVE NEITHER CONSENTED TO THE MOORING OR
q PLACING OF SUCH OFFENDING VESSELS TANGENTIAL
TO SUCH LANDS NOR RECEIVE RENTALS OR'OTHER
BENEFITS FROM THE OWNERS OF SUCH OFFENDING
VESSELS OR THEIR AGENTS; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the Board of County ComACou
of Dade County
has promulgated a set of ordinan eas a minimum
standard for all municipalities regarding the
subject matter of the hVCher
nance, said ordinances being
codified in Article IIi , entitled "Boats, Docks and
Waterways," of the Code Metropolitan Dade County, Florida;
WHEREAS, tip hgrein ordinance contains, as a minimum, those
criteriar as Iyel"Torth in said Code of metropolitan Dade County,
Flor da; WaV
E EAS, the provisions of this ordinance are not intended
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S and ould not be construed as in any way superseding or