§ 7-238. Use of vessels and slips at courtesy docks.

(a)

Prohibited hours. Vessels shall not be docked at the courtesy docks between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

(b)

Prohibited uses.

(1)

No person shall engage in live-aboard lodging on a vessel while the vessel is docked at the courtesy docks. Evidence of human occupancy of a vessel during prohibited hours shall be evidence of lodging aboard the vessel.

(2)

No person shall remain on a vessel while the vessel is docked at the courtesy docks except for boarding or discharging passengers.

(3)

Vessels docked at the courtesy docks shall be used for recreational purposes only and shall not be used for any commercial or nonrecreational purposes. Prohibited commercial or nonrecreational purposes include but are not limited to the loading and unloading of commercially harvested seafood products or other products for sale or for the initial boarding or final discharge of passengers from a commercial charter vessel.

(c)

Maximum size of vessels. No person shall dock a vessel at the courtesy docks if the vessel is longer than the following:

(1)

Slip 1: 60 feet long;

(2)

Slips 2 and 3: 36 feet long;

(3)

Slips 4—6: 27 feet long; and

(4)

Slips 7 and 8: 24 feet long.

(d)

Slip occupancy. Not more than one vessel shall be allowed in any slip at the same time; except as provided below. More than one vessel may moor in a slip at the same time, provided each vessel is not more than 12 feet long, the vessels are docked in a stem-to-stern fashion and no part of any vessel shall extend beyond the end of the dock.

(e)

Pay station.

(1)

When any vessel is docked at a courtesy dock, the owner or operator of the vessel shall, upon docking, immediately deposit money in the docking pay station designated to serve the docking slip occupied by the vessel. The dock slip may thereafter be used by the vessel during the period of time allotted for the amount paid.

(2)

The docking of any vessel for longer than the period of time as may be allotted for the amount paid is "overtime docking" and a violation of this section. Additional fees shall be imposed as provided herein for such violation.

(f)

Fee payment. The failure to pay any fee required by this article is a violation of this section.

(Code 1992, § 7-211; Ord. No. 800-G, § 2, 12-14-2006; Ord. No. 831-G, § 1, 6-21-2007)