§ 15.04.030. Authority to issue orders affecting vessels.

A.

To provide for the orderly management of City waters, the Harbormaster may order the relocation of any vessel stored, anchored, berthed or moored in City waters if relocation is required to ensure public safety, to prepare the harbor for scheduled events or to facilitate and protect harbor operations. Upon a determination that it is necessary to relocate a vessel, the Harbormaster shall order the owner or operator to relocate the vessel, if the owner or operator is aboard the vessel, or in the immediate vicinity of the vessel. If a person fails to relocate a vessel as ordered by the Harbormaster, or if the owner or operator is not found in the immediate vicinity of the vessel, the Harbormaster or someone at his or her request may remove the vessel to a boat storage facility, or have the vessel relocated to a safe place of storage. If so removed, the Harbormaster shall notify the owner of the vessel of the new location of the vessel. The owner of the vessel is responsible for all costs and expenses associated with the towing and storage of a vessel.

B.

A person who fails to comply with an order of the Harbormaster to relocate a vessel pursuant to this section is guilty of a municipal infraction.

(Ord. O-31-02 § 1 (part))

(Ord. No. O-14-12 Amended, § I, 6-4-2012)