Florida Administrative Code › 68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION › 68C - Manatees › Chapter 68C-22 - THE FLORIDA MANATEE SANCTUARY ACT › Section 68C-22.024 - Martin County Zones

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) For the
				purpose of regulating the speed and operation of motorboats year-round, the
				Martin County zones are established as follows:
(a) Slow Speed Zone -
1. All navigable inland waters within Martin
				County within 600 feet waterward of the general contour of the shoreline,
				unless otherwise designated or excepted, inclusive of all associated
				backwaters, bayous, creeks, and canals (unless specifically excluded or
				otherwise designated), and excepting marked or maintained navigation channels
				unless otherwise designated. The following areas are specifically excluded from
				this designation: the C-23 Canal west of the South Florida Water Management
				District water control structure "S-48"; the Lake Okeechobee Waterway
				southwesterly of St. Lucie Locks; the Lake Okeechobee rim canal; and nearshore
				waters immediately adjacent to the "Jensen Beach Causeway Islands" (under the
				Jensen Beach Bridge, on the easterly side of the Atlantic Intracoastal
				Waterway) and immediately adjacent to the "Stuart Causeway Islands" (under the
				Ocean Boulevard (Stuart Causeway) Bridge, on the easterly side of the Atlantic
				Intracoastal Waterway) except as provided under paragraph (9)(a), hereunder.
				Waters so regulated within this designation shall include, but not be limited
				to, the following:
a. That portion of the St.
				Lucie River within Martin County, westerly to the St. Lucie County/Martin
				County line (and inclusive of those waters westward in the C-23 Canal to the
				South Florida Water Management District water control structure "S-48"),
				southerly (in the South Fork) to the centerline of the Palm City Bridge, and
				easterly/southeasterly to an east-west line drawn from Hell Gate Point to the
				eastern shore of the St. Lucie River, excluding that portion of the North Fork
				of the St. Lucie River known as "Ski Point," or "Speedy Point," northwesterly
				of the Roosevelt/US 1 Bridge (beginning at a line running through day mark "R
				2" and the southwesterly extreme of said point, running northerly for a
				distance of 500 feet following the general contour of the shoreline), and
				excluding the main marked channel of the St. Lucie River.
b. In the "cross roads" area of the
				intersection of the St. Lucie River and the Indian River, that portion from an
				east-west line drawn from Hell Gate Point to the eastern shore of the St. Lucie
				River, thence:
(I) Southerly, southeasterly,
				and northerly, following the contour of the shoreline, to a northern boundary
				represented by an east-west line drawn from daymark "G 235" (lat 27° 10'
				38.477" N, long 80° 11' 03.939" W) to the western side of the Indian River,
				excluding the main marked channel of the St. Lucie River; and,
(II) Southerly and easterly, along the
				western and southern shoreline, to the western boundary of the main marked
				channel of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, excluding the main marked
				channel of the St. Lucie River.
c. On the east side of the Indian River, that
				portion northerly of an east-west line, drawn from day mark "R 230" (lat
				27° 11' 53.51" N, long 80° 11' 16.28" W) to the eastern shore of the
				Indian River, north to the Martin County/St. Lucie County line, excluding that
				portion of the waterfront area commonly known as "Cat Cove" lying within 600
				feet of the shoreline with the southerly limit being 200 feet northeasterly of
				the Ocean Boulevard (Stuart Causeway) Bridge and the northerly limit being .25
				mile northerly of the Ocean Boulevard (Stuart Causeway) Bridge.