§ 33D-39. Biscayne Bay Public Access Trust Fund.

There is hereby created a Biscayne Bay Public Access Trust Fund, the funds of which shall be disbursed only for the purpose of furthering public access to Biscayne Bay to provide the maximum amount of public visual and physical access to the water through the provisions of places open to the public at large, such as parks, walkways, boardwalks, plazas, and observation areas along the shoreline. The County Mayor or Mayor's designee is hereby authorized to establish the Biscayne Bay Public Access Trust Fund for the sole purpose of receiving private and public sector funding to further public access to Biscayne Bay.

The Biscayne Bay Public Access Trust Fund shall be kept and maintained in trust by the County Mayor or Mayor's designee solely for the purposes set forth in this section and in a separate and segregated fund of the County which shall not be commingled with other County funds. Funds should only be disbursed for an authorized purpose pursuant to this section and may be disbursed to municipalities with zoning jurisdiction over part of the shoreline. The Trust Fund shall be invested only in accordance with the laws pertaining to the investment of County funds. Any deposits to the Trust Fund, including interest earned on such deposits, shall be used in accordance with the terms and conditions, if any, of each contribution, grant, or donation, including any resolutions of the Shoreline Development Review Committee accompanying such contribution, grant, or donation, or, if there are no such specific terms or limitations, those terms and conditions enumerated in this section.

(Ord. No. 16-113, § 3, 10-5-16)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 16-113, § 3, adopted Oct. 5, 2016, repealed the former § 33D-39 and enacted a new § 33D-39 as set out herein. The former § 33D-39 pertained to judicial review and derived from Ord. No. 85-14, § 9, adopted March 5, 1985 and Ord. No. 00-77, § 1, adopted June 6, 2000.