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ORDINANCE NO. 2025- 012 (1) Restrictions upon regularly moored watercraft; maintenance. Watercraft shall not be regularly moored along any shore without consent of the riparian landowner. Regularly moored watercraft shall not be used as live -aboard vessels, offices or commercial enterprises except in commercial marinas with approval and facilities for that purpose. Regularly moored watercraft shall be kept in seaworthy condition when not in a permitted repair area. The mooring of live -aboard vessels (as defined in Chapter 901) in commercial marinas shall be limited to those boat slips designated for live -aboard vessels use on an approved site plan meeting the provisions described in section 971.35(3). Watercraft shall comply with the anchoring limitation area provisions in section 932.12. SECTION 3. From and after the effective date of this ordinance, Title IX, Land Development Regulations, Chapter 932.- Coastal Management, is hereby amended to add the following new section: Section 932.12 — Anchoring Limitation Areas. (1) Intent. The County is establishing anchoring limitation areas as provided for in F.S. § 327.4108. The intent of the County is to implement and enforce the anchoring limitation areas in accordance with this law. If F.S. § 327.4108 is amended and the terms of this section conflict with F.S. § 327.4108 or any other Florida Statute, state law shall prevail. (2) Definitions. Anchor: To firmly secure a vessel to the seafloor or river -bottom with an anchoring device; to moor. Law enforcement officer means an officer or agency authorized to enforce this section pursuant to F.S. § 327.70. Vessel: Synonymous with boat and includes every description of watercraft, barge, airboat, or craft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. (3) Anchoring Limitation Area maps. (a) The anchoring limitation areas established by the Board of County Commissioners shall be depicted on official anchoring limitation area maps and attached to the enabling ordinance. (b) The Indian River County Natural Resources Department shall be the custodian of the official anchoring limitation area maps. (c) The official anchoring limitation area maps shall be amended only by ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners and adopted in compliance with F.S. § 327.4108. (4) Designated Anchoring Limitation Areas. (a) Each anchoring limitation area must: 1. Be less than 100 acres in size. For purposes of this subsection, the calculated size of the anchoring limitation area does not include any portion of the marked 2