Title 16.08 ARTICLE 4 - SPECIAL REGULATIONS Flashcards
16.08.650 Marine Stadium West.
The operation of motorboats up to twenty-three feet (23’) in length, not including swimstep, for the purpose of water skiing or wake boarding is permitted within areas of Marine Stadium West designated by the Director for that purpose. Within such designated areas, the five (5) mile per hour speed limit shall not be applicable between eight o’clock (8:00) a.m. and sunset during the period of April 1 and September 30, inclusive; between the hours of eight o’clock (8:00) a.m. and sunset on Thursday through Sunday and school holidays during the period of October 1 and March 31, inclusive; between the hours of eight o’clock (8:00) a.m. and four o’clock (4:00) p.m. on Monday through Wednesday, excluding school holidays, during the period of October 1 and March 31, inclusive; and between the hours of six o’clock (6:00) p.m. and sunset on Monday through Wednesday, excluding school holidays, during the period of October 1 and March 31, inclusive; provided, however, no person shall operate any vessel in Marine Stadium West in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour.
16.08.650 Marine Stadium West.
Within the Marine Stadium West, no person shall:
1.
Within the northwest five hundred feet (500’) of the extreme northwest end of Marine Stadium West, operate any vessel in excess of five (5) miles per hour. The Director shall mark or cause to be marked said restricted speed area with appropriate buoys;
2.
Operate vessels, except for motorboats up to twenty-three feet (23’) in length, rowing shells, or other nonmotorized paddle vessels without a permit issued by the Director;
3.
Operate personal watercraft. “Personal watercraft” shall mean a vessel less than thirteen feet (13’) in length which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump or propeller as its primary source of motive power and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel;
4.
Possess or consume any alcoholic beverage;
5.
Swim without a permit issued by the Director;
6.
Tow any object, structure or person with a towline in excess of seventy-five feet (75’) in length;
7.
Fail to beach immediately any vessel upon the lawful sounding of a warning device by the operator of an official patrol boat;
8.
Follow in the wake of any motorboat at a distance of less than two hundred feet (200’) when the motorboat is towing any object, structure, or person;
9.
Ski without a flag;
10.
Leave ski line in the water after a skier drops off. Ski line shall be pulled aboard immediately after skier drops off;
11.
Operate a motorboat in any manner except as follows:
a.
In a southeasterly direction when the boat is closer to the southwesterly shore of the Marine Stadium West than to the northeasterly shore thereof;
b.
In a northwesterly direction when the boat is closer to the northeasterly shore of the Marine Stadium West than to the southwesterly shore thereof;
c.
In a right turn when departing from the shore or when approaching the shore.
12.
Operate any motorboat, except in cases of emergency, in any area other than the established traffic lane. The Director shall give notice of the location of a traffic lane or lanes in the Marine Stadium West consistent with the requirements of this Section by placing appropriate marking buoys therein;
13.
Operate a motorboat towing more than one (1) person, except during organized events under a permit issued by the Marine Bureau;
14.
Fail, when skiing, to wear an approved U.S.C.G. personal flotation device of serviceable condition and appropriate size;
15.
Operate a motorboat unless the vessel is equipped with a means of disengaging and reversing its propulsion, except when participating in an organized event under a permit issued by the Marine Bureau;
16.
Fish within the Marine Stadium West designated water ski area;
17.
Operate a ski boom or any side towing apparatus.
16.08.650 Marine Stadium West.
The number of vessels permitted to be in use in the Marine Stadium West at any one (1) time shall be determined by the Director.
16.08.660 Boat operation in Marine Stadium East.
The speed limits imposed by Sections 16.08.470 and 16.08.471 do not apply at Marine Stadium East for an organized marine event under a permit issued by the Marine Bureau.
16.08.670 Small boat launching ramps—Marine Stadium West—Marine Stadium East.
A.
No person shall park a motor vehicle in the small boat launching ramp parking lot in either Marine Stadium East or Marine Stadium West unless such vehicle is towing a boat trailer or is carrying a boat. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to a person participating in an organized event under a permit issued by the Marine Bureau.
B.
No person shall park in either Marine Stadium East or Marine Stadium West parking lot or use either of the small boat launching ramp facilities of Marine Stadium East or Marine Stadium West except upon payment of a parking fee as prescribed in regulations enacted pursuant to Section 16.08.970. The provisions of this Subsection do not apply to a person participating in an organized event under a permit issued by the Marine Bureau.
C.
No person shall discharge waste material from, sleep in, or store a trailer, camper or other vehicle in the small boat launching ramp parking lot in either Marine Stadium East or Marine Stadium West.
D.
The launching ramp and parking lots of either Marine Stadium East or Marine Stadium West shall be used only in accordance with regulations enacted pursuant to Section 16.08.970 and, where applicable, in accordance with the terms and conditions of permits issued by the Marine Bureau.
16.08.680 No watercraft.
No surfboard, paddleboard or board boat shall be allowed in Shoreline Marina, Rainbow Marina or Rainbow Harbor unless authorized in writing by the Director.
16.08.690 Beaching of vessels
No person shall beach, launch or operate any vessel along the shoreline within the designated swimming area adjacent to Marine Park or along the shoreline of that portion of Alamitos Bay south of Second Street except between Isthmus Place and Fifty-fifth Place and at street ends between Fifty-fifth Place and Seventy-first Place. No person shall beach a sailboat in an authorized area without first lowering the sails.
16.08.700 Derelicts and stray vessels
Any stray vessels, derelicts, hulks, wrecks, or parts of any vessel sunk, beached, anchored, or tied up in any place and not in the lawful possession or control of the owner of the property or his agent shall be deemed a hazard to navigation and a public nuisance and subject to removal and disposition as provided in this Section. The Director shall remove and store or cause to be removed and stored for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days any such stray vessel, derelict, hulk, wreck, or part of a wreck. Upon the expiration of the sixty (60) days, the property shall be sold at public auction in accordance with the provisions of Article 4, Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Harbors and Navigation Code (commencing at Section 500 thereof). The owner of the vessel shall be civilly liable to the City for all costs and expenses incurred by the City in raising, towing, keeping, storing and selling the property. All such costs shall be a lien on the property and the proceeds of sale thereof.
16.08.710 Unseaworthy vessels.
Any vessel which is unseaworthy, dilapidated or in a badly deteriorated condition or which is likely to sink or to damage docks, wharves, floats or other vessels or which might become a menace to navigation shall be removed from the waters of the marinas upon the order of the Director. If the owner of any vessel or his agent refuses to comply with the Director’s order, the refusal shall constitute grounds for revocation of any permit issued by the Director for mooring or berthing the vessel. The Director may order the vessel removed and stored for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. Upon the expiration of the sixty (60) day period, the vessel shall be sold at public auction in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Harbors and Navigation Code (commencing with Section 500 thereof). The owner of the vessel shall be civilly liable to the City for all costs, fees, damages and expenses incurred by the City in raising, towing, keeping, storing and selling the vessel. All such costs shall be a lien upon the vessel and the proceeds of sale thereof.
16.08.720 Bait gathering—Permit
A.
Any person who owns and operates a retail or wholesale establishment for the sale of bait and maintains a valid business license for the establishment (whether or not in the City) who desires to remove any molluscs, crustaceans, seaweed or other living marine organisms from pilings, floats, piers, seawalls or other harbor structures within the marinas shall obtain a bait gatherer’s permit from the Director. Any such person shall pay an annual fee in advance as determined by the City Council by resolution per permit. The number of permits to be issued under this Section shall be prescribed in regulations enacted pursuant to Section 16.08.970
B.
The holder of a bait gatherer’s permit may, from time to time and upon such form as is provided by the Director, designate such person or persons as are authorized as employees or contracts of permittee to act on permittee’s behalf in exercising permittee’s right under the permit.
C.
Violation of permit conditions, marina regulations, or relevant City ordinances by permittee or by an authorized person shall be cause for revocation of a permit or for refusal to renew a permit.
D.
This Section does not apply to or prohibit the removal of molluscs, crustaceans, seaweed or other living marine organisms from pilings, floats, piers, seawalls or other harbor structures in the course of maintenance work conducted by or with the approval of the Director, nor to such maintenance work performed on a vessel with the approval of the vessel owner, nor shall it prohibit the Director from granting approval for the picking, gathering or removal of such organisms for scientific, educational or test purposes.
16.08.730 Private pier location.
No private pier, dock, float, or wharf shall be constructed or maintained along the westerly and southerly shore of Alamitos Bay between the Second Street bridge and Isthmus Place, nor on the southerly shore of Alamitos Bay between Fifty-fifth Place and Sixty-first Place, nor between Sixty-third Place and the boundary of the City.
