Florida Regulations 68D-24.108: Charlotte County Boating Restricted Area
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(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway in Charlotte County, Florida, the following Boating Restricted Areas are established:
(a)1. Cape Haze – A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway, from a line drawn east/west across the waterway 4,982 feet south east of platted Lot Number 6 within the Cape Haze Subdivision, Section 3, Township 42S, Range 20E, in Charlotte County, Florida, to a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the waterway 2,552 feet northwest of said Lot, as depicted in drawing A.
2. Gasparilla Island Bridge – A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area within the right-of-way of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway from a line drawn perpendicular to the center line of the waterway 300 feet east-southeast of the abandoned CSX railroad bridge to a line drawn perpendicular to the center line of the waterway 300 feet west-northwest of the center fender system of the Gasparilla Island Causeway Bridge, as depicted in drawing B.
3. Tom Adams Bridge – A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area on all waters in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, from shoreline to shoreline, bounded on the northwest by a line drawn parallel to the center line of the Tom Adams Bridge 300 feet northwest of the centerline of said bridge, bounded on the southwest by the shoreline and by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of said bridge running from the southwest terminus of the bridge northwest until it intersects with the northwest boundary line (26° 56′ 00″N, 82° 21″ 19’W), bounded on the southeast by a line drawn parallel to the center line of said bridge 300 feet southeast of the centerline of said bridge, and bounded on the east and northeast by the shoreline, as depicted in drawing C.
(b) Charlotte County and the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority are authorized to install and maintain appropriate regulatory markers as directed by the Division of Law Enforcement within such boating restricted area.
(2) The boating restricted areas described in Fl. Admin. Code R. 68D-24.108, are depicted on the following drawings:
2. Gasparilla Island Bridge – A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area within the right-of-way of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway from a line drawn perpendicular to the center line of the waterway 300 feet east-southeast of the abandoned CSX railroad bridge to a line drawn perpendicular to the center line of the waterway 300 feet west-northwest of the center fender system of the Gasparilla Island Causeway Bridge, as depicted in drawing B.
3. Tom Adams Bridge – A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area on all waters in and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, from shoreline to shoreline, bounded on the northwest by a line drawn parallel to the center line of the Tom Adams Bridge 300 feet northwest of the centerline of said bridge, bounded on the southwest by the shoreline and by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of said bridge running from the southwest terminus of the bridge northwest until it intersects with the northwest boundary line (26° 56′ 00″N, 82° 21″ 19’W), bounded on the southeast by a line drawn parallel to the center line of said bridge 300 feet southeast of the centerline of said bridge, and bounded on the east and northeast by the shoreline, as depicted in drawing C.
(b) Charlotte County and the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority are authorized to install and maintain appropriate regulatory markers as directed by the Division of Law Enforcement within such boating restricted area.
(2) The boating restricted areas described in Fl. Admin. Code R. 68D-24.108, are depicted on the following drawings:
Rulemaking Authority 327.04, 327.46 FS. Law Implemented Florida Statutes § 327.46. History-New 6-27-95, Formerly 62N-24.108, Amended 4-10-02.