Florida Administrative Code › 68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION › 68D - Vessel Registration and Boating Safety › Chapter 68D-24 - BOATING RESTRICTED AREAS › Section 68D-24.0041 - Dutchman Key Private Submerged Lands Seagrass Protection Boating Restricted Areas

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the sole purpose of protecting seagrass and contiguous
				  seagrass habitat upon privately-owned submerged lands, the following boating
				  restricted areas are established in the vicinity of Dutchman Key in Pasco
				  County:
(1) North Key: an external
				propeller limitation zone starting from GPS position 28.206380 N, 82.843960 W,
				on the southwest shoreline of North Key, bounded by a line following the
				natural contour of the shoreline to GPS position 28.207066 N, 82.842753 W, then
				running northeast approximately 262 feet to GPS position 28.207587 N, 82.842192
				W, then running southwest approximately 1, 544 feet to GPS position 28.203437
				N, 82.843217 W, then running westerly approximately 666 feet to GPS position
				28.203739 N, 82.845257 W, then running northeast approximately 1, 027 feet to
				GPS position 28.206499 N, 82.844576 W, then running east approximately 203 feet
				back to the southwest shoreline of North Key.
(2) North Dutchman Key: an external propeller
				limitation zone starting from GPS position 28.203631 N, 82.845283 W, bounded by
				a line running easterly approximately 666 feet to GPS position 28.203330 N,
				82.843243 W, then running southwest approximately 1, 810 feet to GPS position
				28.198466 N, 82.844444 W, then running west approximately 64 feet to GPS
				position 28.198503 N, 82.844639 W, then running westerly following the natural
				contour of the shoreline to GPS position 28.198838 N, 82.846313 W, then running
				east approximately 50 feet to GPS position 28.198885 N, 82.846455 W, then
				running northeast approximately 1, 766 feet to the starting GPS
				position.
(3) South Dutchman Key:
				an external propeller limitation zone starting from GPS position 28.188163 N,
				82.844187 W, on the south shoreline of Dutchman Key, bounded by a line
				following the natural contour of the shoreline to GPS position 28.188817 N,
				82.843475 W, then running southeast approximately 1, 962 feet to GPS position
				28.185271 N, 82.838884 W, then running southeasterly approximately 1, 048 feet
				to GPS position 28.182788 N, 82.837229 W, then running northwest approximately
				2, 974 feet back to the south shoreline of Dutchman Key.
(4) Access channel: a slow speed minimum wake
				zone starting from GPS position 28.203739 N, 82.845257 W, bounded by a line
				running east approximately 666 feet to GPS position 28.203437 N, 82.843217 W,
				then running south approximately 40 feet to GPS position 28.203330 N, 82.843243
				W, then running west approximately 666 feet to GPS position 28.203631 N,
				82.845283 W, then running north approximately 40 feet to the starting GPS
				position.
(5) The boating
				restricted areas in subsections (1) through (4) are depicted in Drawing A.
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Rulemaking Authority
					 327.04,
					 327.46 FS. Law Implemented
					 327.46
					 FS.
New 4-26-22.