a variance from the Additional Specifications for Information, Danger, and Regulatory Markers rule (subsection 68D-23.109 (3), Florida Administrative Code), which requires that the size of signs used as information, danger, or regulatory waterway ...

 

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Vessel Registration and Boating Safety

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 04, 2018, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, received a petition for a variance from the Additional Specifications for Information, Danger, and Regulatory Markers rule (subsection 68D-23.109 (3), Florida Administrative Code), which requires that the size of signs used as information, danger, or regulatory waterway markers shall be no smaller than three feet by three feet. The petition was submitted by the Pinellas County Parks and Resources Department and seeks a variance from the size restriction for signs posting Weedon Island Preserve Paddling Trail. The Paddling Trail is inaccessible to motorized vessels and a large portion of the route uses old mosquito ditches to create a mangrove tunnel. Petitioner believes smaller signs are better suited to the narrow, confined, and twisting waterway, and they can be purchased and installed at significantly lower cost than signs that are three feet by three feet. Petitioner requests that a permanent variance be granted allowing for smaller information signs of 24” by 18” to mark the entirety of the approximately four-mile length of Weedon Island Preserve Paddling Trail.

Petitioner’s Name: Pinellas County Parks and Resources Department

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

68D-23.109Additional Specifications for Information, Danger, and Regulatory Markers

Nature of the rule for which variance or waiver is sought: size requirements for information, danger, and regulatory waterway marker signs

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Lamont Nelson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Law Enforcement, Boating and Waterways Section, 620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600, [phone]. Any interested person or other agency may submit written comments within 14 days after the publication of this notice.