Miami-Dade boaters used to hanging out off a popular beach in the Florida Keys will soon face new restrictions if they still plan to frequent the area.
The Islamorada Village Council passed strict rules on where boaters can anchor off White Marlin Beach, a sandy Florida Bay shore in the back of Port Antigua, a Lower Matecumbe Key neighborhood.
The five-member council unanimously passed the ordinance Wednesday after hearing complaints for the past six years from Port Antigua residents fed up with weekends they say are marred by as many as 100 boats blaring music and people drinking, littering, speeding close to the shore on personal watercraft and trespassing on their property.
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