C7S - Regulate Vessel Speed at Water Confluences

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE RECENTLY ENACTED HB 1103, TO IDENTIFY AREAS IN WHICH THE CITY MAY NEED TO REGULATE, BY ORDINANCE, VESSEL SPEED AND OPERATION WITHIN THREE HUNDRED (300) FEET OF A CONFLUENCE OF BODIES OF WATER PRESENTING A BLIND CORNER, AND UP TO A DISTANCE OF ONE THOUSAND (1,000) FEET WHERE NECESSARY BASED UPON THE SPECIFIC GEOMETRY OF THE CONFLUENCE (SIGHTLINES, CHANNEL WIDTH, TRAFFIC PATTERNS, ETC.), IN ORDER TO ENSURE SAFE NAVIGATION AND VISIBILITY FOR APPROACHING VESSELS; AND FURTHER, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO PRESENT ITS FINDINGS, VIA LETTER TO COMMISSION, WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.