Sec. 388.403. - Criteria for Anchoring Limitation Areas.

The following criteria required by F.S. § 327.4108, as amended from time to time, are as follows: (a) The aggregate total of Anchoring Limitation Areas within Duval County may not exceed ten percent of the County's delineated navigable-in-fact waterways. (b) Each Anchoring Limitation Area established herein must meet all of the following requirements: (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 channel of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway contiguous to the anchoring limitation area; (2) Not include any mooring field or marina; and (3) Be clearly marked with the following: a. Signs that provide reasonable notice to boaters identifying the duration of time beyond which anchoring is limited and identifying Ch. 388 , Part 4, Ordinance Code, as the ordinance that created the Anchoring Limitation Area. b. Buoys may, if required, also be installed and maintained to mark the boundary of the anchoring limitations areas. (c) The design and the proposed location of the signs, as either posts or buoys, shall be managed by the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department. The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department shall coordinate the permitting of the signs and buoys with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ("FWC"), pursuant to F.S. §§ 327.4108, 327.40, and FWC Rules. (Ord. 2022-61-E , § 3; Ord. 2025-432-E , § 6)