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Attachment A Page 1 of 4 Indian River County Interim Manatee Protection Speed Zone Plan DEFINITIONS "Day Marker" means the official U.S. Coast Guard maintained navigation channel markers as designated on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration navigational charts or accurate repro- ductions thereof. "Day Markers" shall include any buoy used by the Coast Guard as a replacement for a damaged day marker. "Moderate wake" means that a water vessel is not generating waves greater than seven and one-half (71) inches in vertical distance from ambient water level. (Generally, boats 26 feet or more in length may be exceeding "moderate wake" if they are exceeding seven m.p.h.) "Slow speed" is approximately seven (7) m.p.h.; a water vessel that is not operating:on a plane and which has settled into the water and is proceeding without wake or with minimum wake is proceeding at slow speed. "Water vessel" means every description of boat, watercraft, barge, —nnilairhoat used or capable of being used as a means of transpor- tation on water, including personal watercraft. DESCRIPTION OF SPEED ZONE REGULATION AREAS St. Sebastian River Slow Speed Zone. That portion of the St. Seoastinn_River within Indian diver County west of US Highway #1, is declared a slow speed zone (throughout). That portion of the St. Sebastian River within Brevard County (including C-54 canal) shall be subject to the restrictions of Brevard County and the State of Florida. The St. Sebastian River Slow Speed Zone as herein described shall be in effect year-round. Jungle Trail Narrows Moderate Wake/40 m.p.h. Maximum Speed Zone. The .Tung to ail Narrows is descri ed as that portion o the Indian River Lagoon east of Pine Island and Wabasso Island, extending from the Wabasso Causeway south to Intracoastal Waterway Day Marker #109, at the southern tip of Pine Island. The Jungle Trail Narrows is declared a moderate wake/40 m.p.h. maximum speed zone, whereby all water vessels operating in the area must not exceed "moderate wake" as define herein. In no case, however, with "moderate wake" or otherwise, shall a water vessel be allowed to exceed 40 m.p.h. The Jungle Trail Narrows Speed Zone as described herein shall be in effect year-round. Moorings Slow Speed_ Zone. The Moorings Slow Speed Zone is de- scribed as that portion of the Indian River Lagoon east of the Intracoastal Waterway marked channel, from Day Marker #156 south to Day Marker #161. The western boundary of said slow speed zone shall be the eastern boundary of the ICW channel, between said Day Markers. The Moorings Slow Speed Zone extends eastward to the western shore of the barrier island (Orchid Island), including all of Porpoise Bay, Head Cove Pocket, and all of the navigable canals of the Moorings residential development. The marked access channel from the Moorings to the ICW channel is included in the slow speed zone. All water vessels operating in the described slow speed zone shall not exceed slow speed as defined herein; said restrictions shall apply year-round. 56 V� 1r,'iO