§ 168-9. Annual mooring permits.

A. 

No person shall anchor or moor a vessel or float in a mooring area without first obtaining an annual mooring permit from the Harbormaster. Such permit shall be applied for on forms to be supplied by the Harbormaster and shall be accompanied by an application fee as shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the City Council. The person shall file annually with the Harbormaster a local address of a managing agent or other authorized representative for legal service of process, in order to have a local contact in case of emergency or violation of this chapter. Upon receipt of a properly prepared application, the Harbormaster shall determine if the application is complete and, if so, shall process the application. No application shall be deemed complete until the permit fee is paid.

B. 

For mooring devices, mooring rafts and floats installed by the City or under a services agreement contract with the City of New Rochelle, annual mooring permits shall be issued by the Harbormaster for mooring a vessel or float at a specific mooring buoy or raft mooring location upon application by the vessel or float owner on a space-available basis.

C. 

For mooring devices, mooring rafts and floats installed by a person and not by the City of New Rochelle in a designated mooring area, annual mooring permits will be issued by the Harbormaster on a first-come-first served basis in an orderly and safe distribution pattern as determined by the Harbormaster, upon application by that person. The Harbormaster shall prepare and have available a detailed plan showing a grid or other system for positioning such mooring devices, mooring rafts and floats.

D. 

For mooring devices, mooring rafts and floats installed by a person and not by the City of New Rochelle in a designated mooring area, which mooring devices, mooring rafts and floats are secured directly to pilings legally approved as set forth in § 331-54B and F of the Zoning Ordinance, annual mooring permits will be issued by the Harbormaster only to the upland owner of the piling(s). The number of and configuration of vessels attached to any approved mooring device or mooring raft shall be determined by the Harbormaster, which number and configuration may be changed and limited by the Harbormaster from year to year, due to concerns about navigation, congestion or other issues of public safety.

E. 

An annual mooring permit, which contains the name of an authorized mooring location in the waters of the City of New Rochelle, shall be valid for a period of one year, commencing March 1 of each year and terminating on November 30 of the same year. No vessel shall remain at a mooring device or mooring raft during the period of December 1 to February 28, except in the lower harbor mooring area, as designated on the Harbor Management Map and as approved in writing by the Harbormaster. The fee for such annual mooring permit is as set forth in Chapter 133, Fees, of the City Code.

F. 

A mooring location shall be occupied only by the vessel or float assigned to the location, unless written consent is granted by the Harbormaster to use the mooring for another vessel or float. The vessel which is assigned a location or granted written consent shall be fully registered, and all registration and current contact information shall be provided to the Harbormaster.

G. 

Owners of vessels or floats assigned a location in a mooring area shall display the current valid mooring identification decal furnished by the Harbormaster on the port side of the vessel or such other location approved by the Harbormaster. Said decal shall be numbered uniformly and in coordination with a numbering system that the Harbormaster shall establish for all mooring devices and buoys, in accordance with § 168-10.

H. 

Owners of vessels or floats assigned a location in a mooring area shall furnish, install and maintain either mooring buoys or mooring rafts as designated by the Harbormaster.