Sec. 614.147. - Prohibited commercial activities on the water.

(a) The Council finds that mobile billboards on boats, ships and other vessels would detract from the scenic beauty of the St. Johns River and its tributaries. Such mobile billboards also create boating safety hazards by placing additional vessels on the City's waterways, especially those which are designed to distract and catch the attention of the public, including the boating public. (b) The Council further finds that adult entertainment establishments located on boats, ships or other vessels in the St. Johns River or its tributaries might easily avoid the distance limitations on such uses set forth in the City's Zoning Code and present challenges to enforcing the City's regulations concerning such uses. (c) As used in this Section: (1) Mobile billboard means any sign placed upon, applied to the surface of, or attached to a boat, ship or other vessel on the water, when such vessel is (i) not used primarily for the transportation of passengers for hire or goods; or (ii) not designed for the transportation of passengers for hire or goods. (2) Sign means a painting, structure, projected image or device which is placed, erected, constructed or maintained on or outside of a boat, ship or other vessel for the purpose of display, information, advertisement or attraction of the attention of persons, including posters, pictures, pictorial or reading matter and a letter, word, model, device or representation used in the nature of an advertisement, announcement, attraction or direction. (3) Adult entertainment establishment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 150.103 . (c) It shall be unlawful and a Class D offense for any person to erect, display or maintain, at any time, a mobile billboard or adult entertainment establishment on a boat, ship or other vessel on the St. Johns River or its tributaries. (d) The provisions of this Section may be enforced: (1) As provided in Section 632.101 , Ordinance Code; and (2) By citation for civil penalties by the Chief of the Building Inspection Division, in the case of mobile billboards, and the Chief of the Current Planning Division, in the case of adult entertainment establishments, or their respective designees, pursuant to the authority granted by F.S. Ch. 162, Part II and Ch. 609, Ordinance Code; and (3) By an action for injunctive relief, civil penalties, or both, through a court of competent jurisdiction. (Ord. No. 2004-428-E, § 4)