The state law prohibiting local governments from restricting anchoring (in most cases) has been on the books for a while -- at least a couple of years. The problem has been -- and will probably continue to be -- that some local units are just ignoring it and doing their own thing.
Marco Island got its hands slapped in court for doing just that a while back, but others cities will continue to do whatever they can to get rid of the evil cruisers. They are banking on the fact that most cruisers will just up anchor and move on rather than fight. Since most of us don't vote in Florida, we don't have as much clout as the local folks do. Even if all of us did vote there, we're seriously outnumbered by the condo dwellers. Now, if *all* of us insisted that the state law be followed, we might be able to cause enough grief that things would change. I don't see that happening, though. Phil McGovern On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Vernon Densler <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the new law yes. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sexton > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Florida Anchoring Rules > > Densler, Vernon R (IT Solutions) wrote: > > > > Not bad at all it’s great. Now it needs to be tested. The issue is > > that some cities still think they have the right to restrict it and > > someone needs to test them and then show them the statute when > > challenged. > > > > > > > > Vern > > > > > > > > > > If you read it you would see that it means that Cities and > > Counties can’t put out any ordinance that says how long you can > > anchor in public waterways in Florida. Melbourne and some other > > areas have tried to impose a 72 hour limit on anchoring. Now > > Florida law clearly defines the laws which takes precedence over > > local law. > > > > > So, I can go anchor in Miami again when I am in the area? > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >
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