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RESOLUTION NO. 1498
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING SECRETARY OF
WAR TO ESTABLISH HARBOR LINES.
WHEREAS, that section of Biscayne Bay adjoining the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, and laying to the southward of the
viaduct, locally known as Miami Beach channel is being rapidly
developed as a port for the bmefit of commerce and navigation,
and
WHEREAS, in the furtherance of that development the
War Department has authorized the construction of bulkheads,
wharves, and terminal property at the western side of said
Miami Beach channel involving dredging and filling, and
WHEREAS, the War Department has likewise authorized
the dredging of a channel 150 feet wide at bottom, and
20 feet deep along the easterly side of said Miami Beach
channel, and said dredging is now nearly completed, and
WN1;REAS, in times past, certain bulkheads have been
built along the easterly shore line of said Miami Beach
channel incidental to the reclamation of the property laying
between Alton Road and said Channel, and
WHEREAS, said Bulkheads are of a temporary type not
adapted to the depth of water required in the said channel
for commercial purposes, nor otherwise adapted to the needs
of shipping, nor capable of withstanding severe storm action,
and
WHEREAS, as a consequence of the dredging operations and
of tropical storms which have occured during the past season,
the said bulkheads have been seriously damaged and are in
urgent need of repairs or reconstruction, and
WHERAS,the property owners desire to construct bulk-
heads in such location and to improve their waterfront property
in such manner as will make the same most useful for port
purposes, and
WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the property owners,`
of the City of Miami Beach, and of navigation interest in
general that the waterfront be improved in accordance with
a definite plan and, in particular, that a line be fixed which
shall limit the extent to which wharves, docks and quays may
project into said Miami Beach channel, and
WHEREAS, the Jar Department is vested with jurisdiction
over navigable waters of the United States, including Biscayne
Bay, Florida,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,` that the City Council of
Miami Beach do request and, it hereby does request, the Secretary
of ,'lar to establish harbor lines on the easterly side of Biscayne
Bay in that portion locaAy known as Miami Beach channel and
extending southwardly from the viaduct to the United States
Engineer reservation, situate on the northerly side of the
artificial channel connecting Biscayne Bay with the ocean.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 24th day of November, A.D. , 1926.
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President of City Council
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