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Increasing boating on Florida
waterways leads to new challenges in the management
of waterways. Two of these challenges include anchoring/mooring
issues and derelict vessels.
Managed Anchorages
and Mooring Fields
This Microsoft PowerPoint®
slide presents communities with a map to the process
of developing a managed anchorage or mooring field.
"Community
Guide to Managed Anchorages and Mooring Fields"
(7.5mb ppt)
The previous document was developed for Florida. For an example of guidelines for creating a harbor management plan in Rhode Island, please see the document "Guidelines for the Development of Municipal Harbor Management Plans," available at http://www.crmc.ri.gov/regulations/programs/muniharbors.pdf
Derelict Vessels
The following documents help
local governments to both understand the current state
statutes surrounding derelict vessel issues and some
of the background analysis of how the law evolved.
Local
Government Approaches to Derelict Vessels: A Legal Flow
Chart (pdf)
Local
Government Authority to Remove Abandoned and Derelict
Vessels (pdf)
Local Government Regulatory Authority
This memorandum addresses issues related to local government authority to regulate vessels and install waterway markers (signage)
Signage, Restricted Areas, and Local Government Enforcement of Vessel Regulation in Florida (pdf)
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