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Commission keeps buoy resolution, directs staff to pursue permits for vessel-exclusion markers
Summary
The Hollywood City Commission voted 5–2 Sept. 3 to keep a prior resolution directing staff to apply for permits for vessel-exclusion buoys and to proceed with permitting for reef-marker and mooring buoys while staff confirms a decades-old 300‑yard ordinance with the state.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The Hollywood City Commission on Sept. 3 rejected a motion to rescind a recent resolution that directed staff to pursue permits for vessel-exclusion buoys, leaving intact the commission’s instruction to apply for buoys roughly 218 yards offshore while staff confirms the status of an existing municipal ordinance that currently refers to a 300‑yard exclusion.
City Manager (unnamed) told the commission that staff “had failed to inform you and recognize that we already have a long standing for decades existing ordinance that's at 300 yards,” and said the omission led to inconsistent public information during the prior discussion. Director Chris O’Brien characterized the earlier briefing as “incomplete.”
Why it matters: The question pits two public-safety aims — keeping swimmers, snorkelers and divers clear of motorized vessels — against…
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