Sec. 110-91. - Authority.

This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the provisions of F.S. ch. 125 and ch. 316, and other applicable provisions of law.

(Ord. No. 2004-34, § 1)

Sec. 110-92. - Restricted bridges.

(a)

Fishing of any kind is hereby prohibited on the following bridges:

Vanderbilt Drive: Bridge No. 030177 and Bridge No. 030176

Plantation Parkway: Bridge No. 030210

(b)

Cast Net Fishing is hereby prohibited on the following bridges:

Bluebill Avenue: Bridge No. 030149

Chokoloskee Causeway: Bridge No. 030161

Otherwise lawful fishing by means other than cast nets is not prohibited on these bridges.

(Ord. No. 2004-34, § 2)

Sec. 110-93. - Posting of signs; punishment; interpretation.

(a)

The County Manager is hereby directed to post appropriate signs on these bridges stating that fishing, or cast net fishing, as the case may be, from the bridge is prohibited. The County Manager is further authorized to determine those other county bridges upon which fishing, or cast net fishing, ought to be prohibited, and with approval of the Board of County Commissioners by resolution, shall cause appropriate signage to be posted.

(b)

Fishing from a bridge upon which has been posted signs as provided for herein is a noncriminal traffic violation, punishable as a pedestrian violation as provided in F.S. ch. 318.

(c)

This Ordinance shall be interpreted consistent with F.S. § 316.1305, Fishing from state road bridges.

(Ord. No. 2004-34, § 3)

Sec. 110-94. - Repealing and superseding Resolution No. 2002-204.

Collier County Resolution No. 2002-204, which established a fishing prohibition from Bridge No. 030210 on Plantation Parkway over the Everglades drainage canal, being incorporated into this Ordinance, is hereby repealed and superseded in its entirety as of the effective date of this Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 2004-34, § 4)