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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 98- 13
<br />(c) to protect smaller watercraft from the thrust generated by
<br />airboat propulsion.
<br />The operation or mooring of an airboat in any open water, tidal
<br />water or riverine wetland area along the portion of the St.
<br />Sebastian River lying within Indian River County is hereby
<br />prohibited. For the purpose of this section, an airboat shall be
<br />defined as a watercraft propelled by an engine, motor or other
<br />propulsion system which utilizes a propeller, fan or blade which is
<br />not normally submerged below the water surface upon which the
<br />craft operates and which is commonly known as an airboat.
<br />(3) Penalties and enforcement.
<br />Violations of this section shall be enforced and penalized as
<br />provided for in Sections 327.70, 327.72, and 327.73, Florida
<br />Statutes.
<br />SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY.
<br />If any section, or any sentence, paragraph, phrase, or word of this
<br />ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void,
<br />such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it shall
<br />be construed to have been the legislative intent to pass the ordinance without
<br />such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part.
<br />SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />A certified copy of this ordinance, as enacted, shall be filed by the Clerk
<br />with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida within ten days
<br />after enactment, and this ordinance shall take effect upon filing with the
<br />Secretary of State.
<br />Approved and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
<br />River County, Florida, on this 2_ day of j,, n P , 19980
<br />This ordinance was advertised in the Vero Beach Press -Journal on the
<br />14 day of May , 1998, for a public hearing to be held on the 2— day
<br />of June , 1998, at which time it was moved for adoption by Commissioner
<br />M a c h t seconded by Commissioner G i n n and adopted
<br />by the following vote:
<br />St. Sebastian
<br />River.
<br />(2) Airboats
<br />prohibited
<br />in the
<br />The operation or mooring of an airboat in any open water, tidal
<br />water or riverine wetland area along the portion of the St.
<br />Sebastian River lying within Indian River County is hereby
<br />prohibited. For the purpose of this section, an airboat shall be
<br />defined as a watercraft propelled by an engine, motor or other
<br />propulsion system which utilizes a propeller, fan or blade which is
<br />not normally submerged below the water surface upon which the
<br />craft operates and which is commonly known as an airboat.
<br />(3) Penalties and enforcement.
<br />Violations of this section shall be enforced and penalized as
<br />provided for in Sections 327.70, 327.72, and 327.73, Florida
<br />Statutes.
<br />SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY.
<br />If any section, or any sentence, paragraph, phrase, or word of this
<br />ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void,
<br />such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it shall
<br />be construed to have been the legislative intent to pass the ordinance without
<br />such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part.
<br />SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />A certified copy of this ordinance, as enacted, shall be filed by the Clerk
<br />with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida within ten days
<br />after enactment, and this ordinance shall take effect upon filing with the
<br />Secretary of State.
<br />Approved and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
<br />River County, Florida, on this 2_ day of j,, n P , 19980
<br />This ordinance was advertised in the Vero Beach Press -Journal on the
<br />14 day of May , 1998, for a public hearing to be held on the 2— day
<br />of June , 1998, at which time it was moved for adoption by Commissioner
<br />M a c h t seconded by Commissioner G i n n and adopted
<br />by the following vote:
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