Sea Turtle Protection Ordinances

Florida Administrative Code - Model Lighting Ordinance for Marine Turtle Protection

Sea Turtle Protection Ordinances Adopted By Counties And Municipalities (as of 12/1/2017)

Map of the Counties/Municipalities with these Ordinances

** Indicates that compliance is voluntary

Bay

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Bay County	2002/2009	Chapter 5, Article V	Cecilia James (850) 248-8290
Mexico Beach	2001	Title IX, Chapter 93	Don Freigo (850) 625-2782
Panama City Beach	2009	Chapter VII, Article VII	James Tindell (850) 233-5054 x2317

Brevard

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Brevard County	1985/1990/1993	Chapter 46, Article III	Paula Bernston (321) 633-2016
Cape Canaveral	1990	Chapter 14, Article III	Duree Alexander (321) 868-1222
Cocoa Beach	1986	Land Development Code, Chapter III, Sec 3-91	Robin Reiland (321) 868-3217
Indialantic	1986	Chapter 5, Division 3	Clifford Stokes (321) 727-3377
Indian Harbor Beach	1987	Chapter 6, Article II	Bob Allgood (321) 773-3181
Melbourne Beach	1986	Chapter 40, Article II	Bob Phoenix (321) 724-5860
Satellite Beach	1990/1993	Chapter 30, Section 30-546 Chapter 66, Article II, Division 3	John Stone (321) 773-4409

Broward

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Broward County	1989	Chapter 39, Article IX, Sec 39-107	Susan Pierce (954) 468-3551
Dania Beach	2011	Chapter 5, Section 5-18	Eric Walton (954) 924-6810 Barbara Urow (954) 924-6810 x3718
Deerfield Beach	2000	Chapter 34, Article V	Nicholas Rousseau, Lenore Graber, and Bernard Pita (954) 480-4241
Fort Lauderdale	2003	Chapter 6, Article III	Porshia Goldwire (954) 828-5249
Hallandale Beach	2001	Chapter 6. Article I, Sec 6-10	Corrinne Yoder (954) 457-1390
Hillsboro Beach	2007	Ord 232	Bernard Pita (954) 480-4241
Hollywood	2011	Title IX, Chapter 108	John Weitzner (954) 921-3679
Lauderdale By The Sea	2002	CH 30 Article V Div 2 Subdiv L Sec 30-313 (0)	Bethany Banyas and Robert Harrison 954-640-4216 or (954) 640-4220
Pompano Beach	1999	Title XV, Chapter 155, Section 155.139	June Peart and Eduardo Alverez (954) 786-4361

Charlotte

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Charlotte County	1989/1998	Chapter 3-5, Article XII	Lynette Auger (941) 613-3223

Collier

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Collier County	1988/1992	Land Development Code, Chapter 3.04.02, Part B	Maura Kraus (239) 252-2952
Marco Island	1998	Chapter 6, Article V; Chapter 54, Article V	Nancy Richie (239) 389-5003 (M-F 8-5); (239) 825-0579 (after hours)
Naples	1982/1995	Chapter 52, Article III, Sec 52-61	Monique Barnhart (239) 213-7119

Duval

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Jacksonville Beach	2000	Chapter 6, Article I, Sec 6-8	Colleen Klimtzak (904) 247-6232
Neptune Beach	1999	Chapter 8, Article VII, Division III	John Webber (904) 270-2411

County/Municipality

Date Adopted/Updated

Ordinance/Code

Code Enforcement Contact

Jacksonville Beach

2000

Chapter 6, Article I, Sec 6-8

Colleen Klimtzak
(904) 247-6232

Neptune Beach

1999

Chapter 8, Article VII, Division III

John Webber

(904) 270-2411

Escambia

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Escambia County	2013	Part III, Chapter 4, Article 5, Sec 4-5.8	Tim Day (850) 595-1144

Flagler

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Flagler Beach	1987/2000	Appendix A, Article IV, Sec 4.04.00	Elaine Cowart (386) 517-2005
Flagler County	2001	Appendix C, Article VI, 6.05.00	Ed Rodriguez (386) 313-4004

Franklin

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Franklin County	1998	Chapter 5, Article IV	Alan Pierce (850) 653-9783 x161

Gulf

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Gulf County	2001	Ord 2001-09	Michael Aiken (850) 229-8944

Hillsborough

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Hillsborough County		No Lighting Ordinance

Indian River

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Indian River County	1987/1994	Title IX, Chapter 932, Section 932.09	Andy Sobsczak (772) 226-1518
Indian River Shores	1986/2000	Title IX, Chapter 91, Article IV (Ord 460)	Charlene Hall (772) 231-2451 x236
Orchid	1993	Chapter 58, Sec 58-8; Chapter 78, Sec 78-12 part (e)	Deb Branwell (772) 581-2769
Vero Beach	1990/1993	Chapter 46, Article IV, Division 2	North Zone: Melody Sanderson (772) 978-4561 South Zone: Tom Ramsey (772) 978-4551

Lee

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Bonita Springs	2001	Part III, chapter 7, Article II	Laura Gibson lgibson@cityofbonitasprings.org (239) 444-6142
Fort Myers Beach	1989/1998	Chapter 14, Article II	Keith Laakkonen (ext 1306) and Molly Jacobs (ext 1303 (239) 765-0202
Lee County	1989/1998	Land Development Code, Chapter 14, Article II, Division 2	Carol Lis (239) 533-8353
Sanibel	1997/2000	Chapter 126, Article XIV, Division 4	James Evans and Holly Downing (239) 472-3700 x377

Manatee

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Anna Maria Island	2003	Chapter 14, Article II	Gerry Rathvon (941) 708-6130
Bradenton Beach	1998/2005	Chapter 10, Article II	Gail Garneau or Wendy Chabot (941) 778-1005 x225 or x278
Holmes Beach	1987	Chapter 66, Article II, Division 2	James (JT) Thomas (941) 518-9488

Martin

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Martin County	1988	Land Development Code, Article 4, Division 4, Sec. 4.111	Phil Owen (772) 288-5495
Town of Jupiter Island	1992	Chapter 3, Article II	Joe Connolly (772) 546-0100

Miami-Dade

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Golden Beach	1997	Chapter 58, Article III	Yovani Diaz (305) 936-2444
Miami Beach	2006	Chapter 46, Article V	Yanira Pineda (305)673-7000 ext 6840 Hernan Cardeno (305)673-7776 ext 7077
Sunny Isles Beach	2009	Part II, Chapter 108, Article III	Helena Forbes (305)792-1772
Village of Key Biscayne	2009	Chapter 8, Article VI	Mike Mila (305) 365-8917

Monroe

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Key West	1995	Chapter 10, Article VI	Jim Young (305) 809-3737
Marathon	1994/1998	Chapter 14, Article III	Cynthia McPherson (305) 289-4116
Monroe County	1994/1998	Chapter 12, Article V	Ronda Norman (305) 289-2810
Village of Islamorada	1998/2002	Chapter 30, Article VII, Division 3	George Martel (305) 664-6400

Nassau

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Fernandina Beach	1987/1995	Land Development Code, Chapter III, Article V	Michelle D. Forstrom (904) 277-7342 ext 230
Nassau County	1988/2008	Appendix A - Land Development Code, Ordinance No. 97-19 Article 37.07	Officer Clemens - Sheriff's Department (904) 548-4000

Okaloosa

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Destin	2004	Land Development Code, Article 7.17.00 through 7.17.02	David Bazylak (850) 837-4242 x3172
Okaloosa County	2018	Chapter 5, Article IV	Alex Fogg (850) 609-5394

Palm Beach

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Boca Raton	1986/1996/2002	Chapter 23, Article IV, Division 7	Doug Sheedy (561) 393-7954
Briny Breezes**	1988	Ord 2-87	Nancy Boczon (561) 272-5495
Delray Beach	1987/2001	Title 9, Chapter 91, Sea Turtles	Ana Puszkin-Chevlin (561) 243-7324
Gulf Stream**	1987	Part II, Chapter 38, Article II, Division 2	Rita Taylor (561) 276-5116
Highland Beach	1987/1999	Chapter 4, Sec 4-8	Michael Desorcy (561) 278-4540
Juno Beach	1998	Part II, Chapter 34, Article 5, Division 8, Sec 34-1128 (Adopts County Ordinance)	Lynn Hamil (561) 627-0818
Ocean Ridge	1987/1993	Chapter 66, Article I, Sec 66-2	Ken Schenck (561) 732-2635
Palm Beach County	1987/1996/1999	Land Development Code, Article 14, Chapter A	Kelly Martin (561) 233-2509
Town of Palm Beach	1987/1995	Chapter 74, Article II, Division 4	Benjamin Alma (561) 227-7080
Town of South Palm Beach	1988/1999/2004	Chapter 26, Article X, Division 3	Town of South Palm Beach Police Department 561-586-2122

Pinellas

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Belleair Beach	2008	Chapter 6, Article IV	Jack White 727-595-4646 ext 133
Clearwater	1999	Community Development Code Article 3, Section 3-1302.D	Diane Devol (727) 562-4727
Dunedin	1991	Chapter 107, Division 4	Lucy Fuller (727) 298-3194
Indian Rocks	1991/1999	Chapter 86, Article III, Division 2	John Ouimette (727) 517-0404
Indian Shores	1994	Chapter 14, Article III	Sarah Mauter (727) 474-7786
Madeira Beach	1990/1992/2000	Chapter 110, Article VI, Division 5, Sec 110-506 - 110-508	Cory Snyder (727) 391-9951 x295
North Redington Beach	1990/2000	Chapter 18, Article VIII	Don Lewis (727) 391-4848
Pinellas County	2004	Coastal Construction Code Section 3109.6.2.1 (applies to new construction only)	Andy Squires (727) 464-4633 John Bishop (727) 464-8766
Redington Beach	1987/2001	Chapter 4, Sec 4-9	Mark Davis (727) 391-3875
Redington Shores	2007	Chapter 56, Article II	Steve Andrews (727) 397-5538
St. Pete Beach	2007	Land Development Code, Division 44	Peyt Dewar (727) 363-9211
Treasure Island	1999	Chapter 72, Article V	Paula Cohen (727) 547-4575

St. Johns

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
St. Augustine Beach	1995/1996	Chapter 5, Article I, Sec 5-15	Nathan Otter (904) 209-0323
St. Johns County	1996/1999/2013	Article IV Section 4.01.09	Nathan Otter (904) 209-0323

St. Lucie

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Ft. Pierce	1990/1993	Chapter 5, Article XIV	Peggy Arrai (772) 460-2200 x294
St. Lucie County	1986/1991/1997	Chapter VI, Sec 6.04.02	Amy Griffin (772) 462-2531

Santa Rosa

County/ Municipality	Date Adopted/ Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Santa Rosa County	2005	Appendix C, Article 12, 12.14.00

Sarasota

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
City of Sarasota	1999	Zoning Code, Article VII, Division 14, Sec VII-1402 Chapter 54, Article XXIII, Sec 54	Code Compliance Division (941) 954-4125
Longboat Key	1987/1992/1993/2016	Title 9, Chapter 100	Chris Elbon (941) 316-6411 ext 1917
Sarasota County	1997/1999/2000/2004	Chapter 54, Article XXIII	Staci Tippins (941) 451-9187
Venice	1988/1995	Chapter 106, Article II	George Nixon (727) 650-1492

Volusia

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
New Smyrna Beach	1999	Ord 52-99 - delegates to county	Jennifer Winters (386) 238-4668
Volusia County	1986/1989/1990/1999/2011	Chapter 50, Article III, Division 6	Jennifer Winters (386) 238-4668

Walton

County/Municipality	Date Adopted/Updated	Ordinance/Code	Code Enforcement Contact
Walton County	2009	Land Development Code, Chapter 5, Sec 5.10.00	Melinda Gates (850) 892-8108