§ 168-37. Other regulations relating to City docks and municipal marinas.


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  • All persons using harbor, dock, slip, float or dock box facilities shall agree in writing that the City bears no liability for any risk of loss or damages arising out of such docking, mooring or storage to persons, property or equipment and that he/she releases the City from all liability therefor and shall comply with all provisions in the chapter and with the following regulations:
    A. 
    Unauthorized vessels are not permitted to tie up to floats. If found tied, they will be removed from the water, stored on land, and owners will be required to pay the expenses of removal and storage.
    B. 
    Unidentified vessels tied up to floats must prove eligibility for tying to rings within 24 hours from the date notice is posted on the vessel, or will be considered unauthorized.
    C. 
    Removal of rings from floats, cutting of chains attached to rings on floats or tampering with any dock hardware is prohibited.
    D. 
    Storage of masts and other boating equipment on the floats is prohibited.
    E. 
    Vessel owners are advised not to leave outboard motors, oars, etc., in boats tied to floats.
    F. 
    Vessels may dock at the float extending from Piers B and C at the Municipal Marina for the purpose of taking on provisions, supplies and passengers only for the following period of time:
    (1) 
    On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, for no more than two ten-minute periods in any twenty-four-hour period.
    (2) 
    On other days of the week, for not more than two twenty-minute periods in any twenty-four-hour period.
    G. 
    It shall be unlawful to leave unattended any vessels utilizing electrical power while stored upland in dry storage.
    H. 
    It shall be unlawful to leave unattended any heating device, electrical, fuel, or propane fired, on a vessel stored upland in dry storage or in-water wet storage.
Amended 11-18-2003 by Ord. No. 239-2003; 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 233-2008