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Okaloosa County commissioners move to repeal Crab Island vessel exclusion zone
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners voted to repeal a 2015 ordinance that established a vessel exclusion zone near Crab Island, citing shifting sands, maintenance costs and limited use by emergency responders.
Okaloosa County commissioners voted to repeal the 2015 ordinance that established a vessel exclusion zone near Crab Island, citing recurrent maintenance costs and shifting sandbars that have limited the zone’s usefulness to emergency responders.
County staff presented the request during a public hearing, saying the exclusion zone was originally created to give emergency services an unobstructed corridor to Crab Island. "This zone was established back in 2015 in an effort to provide an unrestricted corridor for emergency services to be able to get in and out of Crab Island," presenter Mike Norberg said. He told…
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