Florida Administrative Code › 68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION › 68D - Vessel Registration and Boating Safety › Chapter 68D-14 - ANCHORING › Section 68D-14.002 - Monroe County Designated Anchoring Limitation Areas

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The following anchoring limitation areas
				identified by boundary are designated within the waters of Monroe County:
(a) Fleming Key Anchoring Limitation Area:
				All areas within an area of Man of War Harbor, west of Fleming Key, defined by
				beginning at a point designated as "A" at Latitude 24 degrees 35.1010 minutes
				North, Longitude 81 degrees 48.2400 minutes West; thence proceed in an easterly
				direction for a distance of 1, 128 feet, more or less, joining the boundary of
				the naval restricted area around Fleming Key [as described in 33 C.F.R.§
				334.610(a)(4)] 100 yards, more or less, from the shoreline of Fleming Key at
				point "B" at Latitude 24 degrees 35.1050 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees
				48.0370 minutes West; thence easterly and southerly meandering along the
				boundary of the naval restricted area for a distance of 2, 127 feet, more or
				less, to point "C" at Latitude 24 degrees 34.9809 minutes North, Longitude 81
				degrees 47.9400 minutes West; thence southwesterly along the boundary of the
				naval restricted area for a distance of 1, 025 feet, more or less, to point "D"
				at Latitude 24 degrees 34.9084 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 48.0945
				minutes West; thence southerly along the boundary of the naval restricted area
				for a distance of 2, 162 feet, more or less, to point "E" at Latitude 24
				degrees 34.5619 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 48.1873 minutes West;
				thence southerly along the boundary of the naval restricted area for a distance
				of 715 feet, more or less, to point "F" at Latitude 24 degrees 34.4506 minutes
				North, Longitude 81 degrees, 48.1444 minutes West; thence southeasterly along
				the boundary of the naval restricted area for a distance of 900 feet, more or
				less, to point "G" at Latitude 24 degrees 34.3562 minutes North, Longitude 81
				degrees 48.0192 minutes West; thence southwesterly along the boundary of the
				naval restricted area, for a distance of 800 feet, more or less, to point "H"
				at Latitude 24 degrees 34.2725 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 48.1304
				minutes West; thence southeasterly along the boundary of the naval restricted
				area, for a distance of 1, 210 feet, more or less, to point "I" at Latitude 24
				degrees 34.1240 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 47.9840 minutes West;
				thence leaving the boundary of the naval restricted area in a northwesterly
				direction, for a distance of 1, 327 feet, more or less, to point "J" at
				Latitude 24 degrees 34.2100 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 48.2050 minutes
				West; thence north for a distance of 5, 407 feet, more or less, to the point of
				beginning at point "A"; enclosing an area of 100 acres, more or less, as
				depicted in Drawing a.
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(b) Sigsbee
				Anchoring Limitation Area: All waters within an area of the Gulf of Mexico,
				north of NAS Key West Sigsbee Park on Dredgers Key defined by beginning at a
				point designated as "A" at Latitude 24 degrees 35.322 minutes North, Longitude
				81 degrees 46.342 minutes West; thence proceed in an easterly direction for a
				distance of 1, 955 feet, more or less, to point "B" at Latitude 24 degrees
				35.322 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 45.989 minutes West; thence
				southerly for a distance of 775 feet, more or less, to point "C" at Latitude 24
				degrees 35.194 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 45.989 minutes West; thence
				westerly for a distance of 1, 955 feet, more or less, to point "D" at Latitude
				24 degrees 35.194 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 46.342 minutes West;
				thence northerly for a distance of 775 feet, more or less, to the point of
				beginning at point "A"; enclosing an area of 35 acres, more or less, as
				depicted in Drawing b.
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(c)
				Garrison Bight Flats Anchoring Limitation Area: All waters within an area of
				Garrison Bight, southwest of NAS Key West Sigsbee Park on Dredgers Key defined
				by beginning at a point designated as "A" at Latitude 24 degrees 34.447 feet
				North, Longitude 81 degrees 47.167 feet West; thence proceed in a northeasterly
				direction for a distance of 1, 815 feet, more or less, to point "B" at Latitude
				24 degrees 34.665 feet North, Longitude 81 degrees 46.939 feet West; thence
				proceed in a southeasterly direction for a distance of 281 feet, more or less,
				to the shoreline of Dredgers Key, at point "C" at Latitude 24 degrees 34.653
				feet North, Longitude 81 degrees 46.889 feet West; thence proceed in a
				southeasterly direction along the meanderings of the shoreline of Dredgers Key
				for 3, 260 feet, more or less to point "D" at Latitude 24 degrees 34.392 feet
				North, Longitude 81degrees 46.527 feet West; thence southeasterly along the
				submerged property boundary of the U.S. Navy Sigsbee Causeway for 1, 065 feet,
				more or less, to point "E" at Latitude 24 degrees 34.262 feet North, Longitude
				81degrees 46.397 feet West; thence southwesterly, maintaining clearance
				offshore of submerged property extending from subdivisions north of Roosevelt
				Boulevard, for a distance of 3, 456 feet, more or less to point "F" at Latitude
				24 degrees 34.163 feet North, Longitude 81degrees 47.012 feet West; thence
				northwesterly for a distance of 1, 915 feet, more or less, to the point of
				beginning at point "A"; enclosing an area of 135 acres, more or less, as
				depicted in Drawing c.
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(d) Cow Key
				Channel Anchoring Limitation Areas (West and East): West -All waters within an
				area of Cow Key Channel, east of Key West and west of the Cow Key navigation
				channel defined by beginning at a point designated as "W-A" along the shoreline
				of South Roosevelt Boulevard, south of the private island identified by the
				Monroe County property appraiser's office as parcel number 124000, at Latitude
				24 degrees 33.751 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 44.970 minutes West;
				thence northeasterly in a straight line along the southern boundary of
				aforementioned private island, for a distance of 273 feet, more or less,
				stopping at the boundary of a submerged privately owned parcel identified as
				parcel number 124010 by the Monroe County property appraiser's office, at point
				"WB" at Latitude 24 degrees 33.767 minutes North, Longitude 81degrees 44.924
				minutes West; thence southeasterly along the western boundary of submerged
				parcel number 124010 for a distance of 793 feet more or less, to point "W-C" at
				Latitude 24 degrees 33.644 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 44.876 minutes
				West; thence easterly along the southern boundary submerged parcel number
				124010, for a distance of 695 feet, more or less, to point "W-D" at Latitude 24
				degrees 33.682 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 44.758 minutes West; thence
				southerly along a straight line west of the Cow Key navigation channel, for a
				distance of 1, 960 feet, more or less, to point "W-E" at Latitude 24 degrees
				33.364 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 44.695 minutes West; thence westerly
				for a distance of 1, 028 feet, more or less, to point "W-F" at Latitude 24
				degrees 33.320 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 44.874 minutes West; thence
				northerly meandering along the shoreline east of South Roosevelt Boulevard for
				a distance of 3, 586 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning at point
				"W-A"; enclosing an area of 42 acres, more or less. Does not include the Cow
				Key Navigation Channel. East - All waters within an area of Cow Key Channel and
				the Atlantic Ocean, south of Cow Key and east of the Cow Key navigation channel
				defined by beginning at a point designated as "E-A" approximately 60 feet
				northeast of Cow Key navigation channel marker "6", at Latitude 24 degrees
				33.479 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 44.684 minutes West; thence
				northeasterly for a distance of 118 feet, more or less, to point "E-B" along
				the mangrove shoreline south of parcel number 123900 at Latitude 24 degrees
				33.498 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 44.678 minutes West; thence easterly
				meandering along the southern shoreline of Cow Key, staying within state
				sovereign submerged lands, for a distance of 2, 735 feet, more or less, to
				point "E-C" at Latitude 24 degrees 33.601 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees
				44.231 minutes West; thence leaving the shoreline and heading southerly for a
				distance of 697 feet more or less, maintaining clearance offshore and west of
				parcel number 123660, to point "E-D" at Latitude 24 degrees 33.486 minutes
				North, Longitude 81degrees 44.239 minutes West; thence westerly for a distance
				of 2, 425 feet, more or less, to point "E-E" at Latitude 24 degrees 33.371
				minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 44.659 minutes West; thence northerly for a
				distance of 667 feet, more or less, along a straight line east of the Cow Key
				navigation channel to the point of beginning at point "E-A"; enclosing an area
				of 48 acres, more or less, as depicted in Drawing d.
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(e) Niles
				Channel Anchoring Limitation Area: All waters within an area of Niles Channel,
				east of Summerland Key and south of the Overseas Highway defined by beginning
				at a point designated as "A" at Latitude 24 degrees 39.433 minutes North,
				Longitude 81 degrees 26.064 minutes West; thence proceed in an easterly
				direction, for a distance of 980 feet, more or less, to point "B" at Latitude
				24 degrees 39.431 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 25.887 minutes West;
				thence proceed in a southerly direction for a distance of 1, 600 feet, more or
				less, to point "C" at Latitude 24 degrees 39.163 minutes North, Longitude 81
				degrees 25.893 minutes West; thence proceed in a westerly direction for a
				distance of 575 feet, more or less, to point "D" at Latitude 24 degrees 39.165
				minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 25.997 minutes West; thence proceed in a
				northerly direction for a distance of 1, 670 feet, more or less, to the point
				of beginning at point "A"; enclosing an area of 29 acres, more or less, as
				depicted in Drawing e.
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(f) Bahia
				Honda Channel Anchoring Limitation Area: All waters within an area of Bahia
				Honda Channel, a minimum of 500 feet west of Bahia Honda State Park and south
				of the Overseas Highway right of way defined by beginning at a point designated
				as "A" at Latitude 24 degrees 39.486 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 16.932
				minutes West; thence proceed in an easterly direction for a distance of 710
				feet, more or less, to point "B" at Latitude 24 degrees 39.506 minutes North,
				Longitude 81 degrees 16.806 minutes West; thence proceed in a southwesterly
				direction for a distance of 780 feet, more or less, to point "C" at Latitude 24
				degrees 39.392 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 16.873 minutes West; thence
				proceed in a westerly direction for a distance of 340 feet, more or less, to
				point "D" at Latitude 24 degrees 39.393 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees
				16.935 minutes West; thence proceed in a northerly direction for a distance of
				560 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning at point "A"; enclosing an
				area of 7 acres, more or less, as depicted in Drawing f.
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(g) Boot
				Key Anchoring Limitation Area: All waters within an area of the Atlantic Ocean,
				west of Boot Key and south of the entrance to the Boot Key Harbor navigation
				channel and north of the entrance to the Boot Key navigation channel, defined
				by beginning at a point designated as "A" at Latitude 24 degrees 41.764 minutes
				North, Longitude 81 degrees 7.374 minutes West; thence proceed in a
				northeasterly direction for a distance of 1, 300 feet, more or less, to point
				"B" at Latitude 24 degrees 41.859 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 7.162
				minutes West; thence proceed in a southeasterly direction for a distance of 2,
				600 feet, more or less, to point "C" at Latitude 24 degrees 41.475 minutes
				North, Longitude 81 degrees 6.937 minutes West; thence proceed in a
				southwesterly direction for a distance of 1, 300 feet, more or less, to point
				"D" at Latitude 24 degrees 41.379 minutes North, Longitude 81 degrees 7.149
				minutes West; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction, for a distance of 2,
				600 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning at point "A"; enclosing an
				area of 80 aces, more or less, as depicted in Drawing g.
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