NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 05, 2011, 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 the size of a sign used for information, danger, or regulatory markers on the waterway shall be no smaller than three feet by three feet. The petition was submitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Office of Recreation Services and seeks a permanent variance from the size restriction for signs posting paddling trails. Signs installed to mark a paddling trail are generally located on narrow, twisting waterways inaccessible to or less often used by motorized vessels but which appeal to small, non-motorized boats such as canoes and kayaks. The signs convey information such as the paddling trail direction or campsite locations. Petitioner requests that a permanent variance be granted which allows for smaller information signs to be permitted to mark paddling trails as follows:
9'' x 12'' size signs posted on waterways less than 30' wide
15'' x 20'' size signs posted on waterways more than 30' wide
Comments regarding the petition will be accepted for no more than 14 days from the date of publication of this notice.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Captain Richard Moore, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Law Enforcement, Boating and Waterways Section, 620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600, (850)488-5600 or Richard.Moore@myfwc.com.