SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider the adoption of an Ordinance of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners repealing and restating Ordinance 91-13, the “Polk County Waterway Protection Code”, as amended, to update and clarify language, add and amend definitions, and create authority to establish designated swim areas and vessel exclusion zones.
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DESCRIPTION
The existing Polk County Waterway Protection code was adopted in 1991 and has been amended multiple times. Considering that Polk County has approximately five hundred fifty (550) lakes covering over ninety-three thousand (93,000) acres, a clear and concise water protection code is instrumental to the management and preservation of these areas. Additionally, many of these lakes are used for swimming and other water related activities. As a result, Polk County desires to designated swim areas and vessel exclusion zones to protect the public by physically separating incompatible waterway uses thereby mitigating risks to venerable users.
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the Ordinance of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners repealing and restating Ordinance 91-13, “The Polk County Waterway Protection Code”, as amended, to update and clarify language, add and amend definitions, and create authority to establish designated swim areas and vessel exclusion zones
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Randall Vogel
Assistant County Attorney
863-534-6744