§ 15-33.1. Waterways and canals; obstruction declared to be public nuisance.

The obstruction of any canal or waterway located within any of the residential sections of Cocoa Beach, Florida, including, but not limited to, those canals and waterways extending from the Banana River into Venetian Way Subdivision, Cocoa Isles Subdivision, Convair Cove Subdivision, Indian Creek Estates Subdivision, Newland Manor Subdivision, River Isles Subdivision, Royal Palm Island Subdivision, Sunset Island Subdivision, Surfside Estates Subdivision, Snug Harbor Estates Subdivision, or any other canal or waterway now or hereafter existing, by placing or setting or using therein any screen, net, seine, rack, or similar device, either singularly or in rotation or one behind another, or in any manner whatsoever, or the using of any of the foregoing devices which when deployed, installed, stretched, located, towed, dragged, or otherwise used would lie in or on or over or along said canals or waterways in any manner that would create an obstruction or hindrance to the operation or use therein or thereon of boats, watersports equipment and watersports gear, adversely affects the safety and welfare of the general public in the use and enjoyment of said canals and waterways for both recreational and residential purposes; and any activity involved in so obstructing or in so using said devices which creates disturbance of or insecurity among or adversely affects the tranquility of the general public residing on, or occupying, the residential properties or lots adjacent to said canals and waterways, adversely affects the safety, repose, peace, health, and welfare of the general public, and such obstruction, use or activity is, and is hereby declared to be, a public nuisance, and is hereby prohibited. Any person or persons committing any act hereby prohibited shall, upon conviction therefor, be punished according to law.

(Ord. No. 225, § 1, 5-19-1966)