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POLK COUNTY LAWS FOR AIRBOATS: 8/21/2006
Airboat shall mean any boat, sled, sea skiff, or swamp boat pushed or pulled or propelled by air power generated by an engine of more than twenty-five (25) horsepower.
(l) No person shall operate an airboat between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day. Nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of a properly operated airboat by an individual possessing an alligator trapping license as required by Section 372.6673, Florida Statutes, and possessing a harvest permit issued by the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission pursuant to Rule 39-25.042, Florida Administrative Code. This exemption shall only apply during the harvest season as established by the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission.
Airboats may be operated during the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. during authorized waterfowl hunting season.
Exempt from the provisions of this section are Lakes Arbuckle and Hatchineha and immediately adjacent waterways and the Kissimmee River Oxbow located in Polk County between Lakes Kissimmee and Hatchineha and described in paragraph (k) of this section.
(m) No person shall operate an airboat above an idle speed within five hundred (500) feet of a residence. This section shall not apply to the use of airboats by duly licensed and authorized persons engaged in the commercial eradication or control of aquatic weeds.
The distance setback from residences in this subsection shall not apply during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday to the use of airboats by commercial operators of airboat tours or rides holding a valid occupational license for such purposes as of March 5, 1996, for purposes of gaining ingress and egress to their base of operations or to residences constructed on Lake Hamilton after the effective date of this ordinance [Ordinance No. 96-14].
Vessels operated on waters in the unincorporated area of the county:
(1) Exhaust regulations. The exhaust of every internal combustion engine on any vessel operated on the waters of unincorporated Polk County shall be effectively muffled so as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable manner. Furthermore, the exhaust of every airboat shall be effectively muffled by automotive or aircraft style equipment. The use of cutouts is prohibited, except for vessels competing in a regatta or official boat race, and for such vessels while on trial runs.
(o) Exemption. Nothing in this section shall apply to the use of an airboat by duly authorized agents of the state, county, or federal government in the performance of their official duties.
Sec. 4.2-46. Use and operation--Prohibited.
(a) No person or legal entity, through its officers, agents or employees, shall start, operate within or upon, launch from, dock at, anchor to or from the premises of county park facilities at Lake Rosalie or Lake Pierce.
(b) No person or legal entity through its officers, agents or employees, shall operate within or upon four hundred (400) feet of the established mean high water or ordinary high water line, whichever is greater, of the shoreline, of the county park facilities at Lakes Rosalie and Pierce.
(c) The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, create temporary exceptions to the prohibitions contained in this section in order to accommodate special events that serve a public purpose. Such temporary exceptions may be conditioned. The sheriff's department shall be notified of any such exception.
(Ord. No. 94-37, § 7, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 98-03, § 1, 2-3-98)
Sec. 4.2-47. Same--Exceptions.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to airboats operated by any law enforcement officer or government employee or agent, in their official capacity as an officer, employee or agent, licensed professionals or agents of licensed professionals conducting studies, tests, observations, aquatic plant management or related activities, or an actual emergency as determined by the county's director of parks and recreation or his designee.
POLK COUNTY LAWS FOR AIRBOATS: 8/21/2006
Airboat shall mean any boat, sled, sea skiff, or swamp boat pushed or pulled or propelled by air power generated by an engine of more than twenty-five (25) horsepower.
(l) No person shall operate an airboat between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day. Nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of a properly operated airboat by an individual possessing an alligator trapping license as required by Section 372.6673, Florida Statutes, and possessing a harvest permit issued by the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission pursuant to Rule 39-25.042, Florida Administrative Code. This exemption shall only apply during the harvest season as established by the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission.
Airboats may be operated during the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. during authorized waterfowl hunting season.
Exempt from the provisions of this section are Lakes Arbuckle and Hatchineha and immediately adjacent waterways and the Kissimmee River Oxbow located in Polk County between Lakes Kissimmee and Hatchineha and described in paragraph (k) of this section.
(m) No person shall operate an airboat above an idle speed within five hundred (500) feet of a residence. This section shall not apply to the use of airboats by duly licensed and authorized persons engaged in the commercial eradication or control of aquatic weeds.
The distance setback from residences in this subsection shall not apply during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday to the use of airboats by commercial operators of airboat tours or rides holding a valid occupational license for such purposes as of March 5, 1996, for purposes of gaining ingress and egress to their base of operations or to residences constructed on Lake Hamilton after the effective date of this ordinance [Ordinance No. 96-14].
Vessels operated on waters in the unincorporated area of the county: (1) Exhaust regulations. The exhaust of every internal combustion engine on any vessel operated on the waters of unincorporated Polk County shall be effectively muffled so as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable manner. Furthermore, the exhaust of every airboat shall be effectively muffled by automotive or aircraft style equipment. The use of cutouts is prohibited, except for vessels competing in a regatta or official boat race, and for such vessels while on trial runs.
(o) Exemption. Nothing in this section shall apply to the use of an airboat by duly authorized agents of the state, county, or federal government in the performance of their official duties.
Sec. 4.2-46. Use and operation--Prohibited.
(a) No person or legal entity, through its officers, agents or employees, shall start, operate within or upon, launch from, dock at, anchor to or from the premises of county park facilities at Lake Rosalie or Lake Pierce.
(b) No person or legal entity through its officers, agents or employees, shall operate within or upon four hundred (400) feet of the established mean high water or ordinary high water line, whichever is greater, of the shoreline, of the county park facilities at Lakes Rosalie and Pierce.
(c) The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, create temporary exceptions to the prohibitions contained in this section in order to accommodate special events that serve a public purpose. Such temporary exceptions may be conditioned. The sheriff's department shall be notified of any such exception.
(Ord. No. 94-37, § 7, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 98-03, § 1, 2-3-98)
Sec. 4.2-47. Same--Exceptions.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to airboats operated by any law enforcement officer or government employee or agent, in their official capacity as an officer, employee or agent, licensed professionals or agents of licensed professionals conducting studies, tests, observations, aquatic plant management or related activities, or an actual emergency as determined by the county's director of parks and recreation or his designee.
