The Florida Senate

125.0106  Floating residential structures; ordinances restricting construction authorized.--

(1)  Any county may adopt by local ordinance restrictions relating to the construction of floating residential units in state waters.

(2)  For the purposes of this section, the term "floating residential unit" means a structure primarily designed or constructed as a living unit, built upon a floating base, which is not designed primarily as a vessel, is not self-propelled although it may be towed about from place to place, and is primarily intended to be anchored or otherwise moored in a fixed location.

(3)  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any floating residential unit in existence or under construction prior to October 1, 1980.

History.--ss. 1, 2, ch. 80-311.