Sec. 246-52. - Weapons restricted; hunting prohibited; enforcement.
Sec. 246-53. - Destroying, cutting of flora and fauna prohibited.
Sec. 246-54. - Supplemental regulations.
(a)
There is hereby created in Collier County, the Collier County Scenic Drive Park. The location of said park will be as described in subsection (b).
(b)
The geographical limits of said Collier County Scenic Drive Park are:
The right-of-way of 100 feet in width along the so-called "Main Line" of the logging railroad used by the Lee Tidewater Cypress Company from 1943 through 1957, less and except that portion of said right-of-way lying and being in Sections 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 23, 25, 26, 35, and 36 in Township 50 South, Range 28 East, Collier County, Florida.
(Laws of Fla. ch. 61-2041, §§ 1, 6)
Sec. 246-52. - Weapons restricted; hunting prohibited; enforcement.
No hunting will be permitted within said park at any time. No firearms, bows and arrows or other weapons will be permitted within the park during any time of a closed hunting season as set by the game and freshwater fish commission. During the open hunting season, all hunters passing through the park must have their guns unloaded. If the weapons, including hunting bows, are capable of being broken down, the same must be broken down and stored with other camp equipment or within case provided for such weapon. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, wild life officer or other properly designated official shall have the right to stop any vehicle or hunter found within the confines of said park and make a search to see that the above provisions are being complied with.
(Laws of Fla. ch. 61-2041, § 2)
Cross reference— Animals, ch. 210; offenses and miscellaneous provisions, ch. 242.
State law reference— Special laws and general laws of local application pertaining to hunting or fishing prohibited, Fla. Const. art. III, § 11(a)(19); discharging firearms in public, F.S. § 790.15; local regulation of firearms, F.S. § 790.33.
Sec. 246-53. - Destroying, cutting of flora and fauna prohibited.
No person at any time may remove, cut, destroy, uproot or take away any flora or fauna from the confines of said park, including but not limited to orchids, air plants, palms, trees, shrubbery or any type of live animal.
(Laws of Fla. ch. 61-2041, § 3)
State law reference— Special laws and general laws of local application pertaining to hunting or fishing prohibited, Fla. Const. art. III, § 11(a)(19).
Sec. 246-54. - Supplemental regulations.
The board of county commissioners of Collier County shall have the authority to implement and supplement other and further regulations concerning the operation and control of said park. Such regulations shall be by appropriate resolution and after adoption be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Collier County, after which such regulation shall have the force and effect of law.
(Laws of Fla. ch. 61-2041, § 4)
Violation of any of the provisions hereof or of any of the regulations made by the board of county commissioners of Collier County as provided in section 246-54 shall be a misdemeanor.
(Laws of Fla. ch. 61-2041, § 5)
State law reference— Penalty for violation, F.S. §§ 775.081, 775.082.