§ 5-14. Speed of motorboats on city waterways.  


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  • Waters of the Banana River within the city, including waterways and canals, are a designated manatee protection zone. Except for specifically exempted areas and channels, motorboats operating on these waters shall proceed at slow speed/minimum wake. Speed zones are identified on the official Cocoa Beach Waterways Chart and by official signs. It shall be a violation of this article for any person to operate a motorboat at any speed in excess of any speed limit which may be posted or at any speed which creates a damaging wake or a wake which causes or tends to cause harm to the person or property of others.

(Ord. No. 175, § 20, 8-6-1964; Ord. No. 626, § 27, 7-2-1980; Ord. No. 953, § 1, 2-7-1991; Ord. No. 1120, § 1, 8-15-1996)