Thread: Florida judge limits rights of local governments to regulate use of public waterways
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Default Florida judge limits rights of local governments to regulate use of public waterways
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:55:53 -0500, wrote:

I suppose that will be true until some guy anchors his house barge
next to your dock and decides to live there.
Ft Myers Beach had the same issue with the floating slum they had
behind Matansas Pass. They really had a hard time regulating illegal
dumping, noise and general eyesores bobbing a couple hundred feet form
some guys million dollar house.

Yes, I'm familiar with all that. The Florida law, still in effect,
addresses those issues by making a distinction between cruisers and
liveaboards. The Marco Island law was onerous because it was directed
at cruisers, and because of the 300 ft seawall restriction on
anchoring.

No legislation is required to control noise and dumping. Those laws
already exist.
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