Sec. 388.401. - Findings and legislative intent.

(a) Pursuant to F.S. § 327.4108, as amended from time to time, the Florida Legislature has expressly authorized counties meeting certain criteria to enact regulations that establish anchoring limitation areas adjacent to urban areas that have residential docking facilities and significant recreational boating traffic. (b) The Council finds that the City of Jacksonville, acting under its authority as a chartered county government pursuant to Section 1.101 of the City Charter and Section 4.102 , Ordinance Code, meets the criteria established in F.S. § 327.4108, to create anchoring limitation areas within its jurisdiction. (c) The purpose of this Part is to implement the provisions of F.S. § 327.4108, by creating anchoring limitation areas ("Anchoring Limitation Areas"), as more fully described below, which will promote the public access to the waters of the county and state; enhance navigational safety; protect maritime infrastructure; protect the marine environment, deter improperly stored, abandoned, or derelict vessels, and provide a civil enforcement mechanism with regard to Anchoring Limitation Areas. (d) Should F.S. § 327.4108 be amended, the statute will immediately take precedence over this Part. (Ord. 2022-61-E , § 3; Ord. 2025-432-E , § 6)