Title 16.08 Article 6- Mooring Areas + Article 7- Mooring Permits and Fees Flashcards
16.08.810 Authorized area, manner required.
No vessel shall be moored or docked in the marinas except within areas designated for such purpose by the Director. The Director shall be authorized to take such action as is reasonably necessary to move any vessel moored or docked in an unauthorized area or moored or docked in an unauthorized manner. The owner of any such vessel shall pay to the City all costs incurred in moving, keeping and storing any such vessel.
16.08.820 Nonliability of City.
The removal of any vessel by the Bureau due to unsafe or dangerous mooring or mooring in an unauthorized area or due to the vessel’s being in an unsafe or dangerous condition shall be without liability to the City, the Bureau or their personnel.
16.08.830 Wrecked or sunken vessels
Whenever a vessel is wrecked or sunk in the marinas or any water area within the limits of the City, accidentally or otherwise, the owner thereof shall immediately mark it by a buoy during the day and by a lighted lantern at night and maintain such markings until the sunken vessel or obstruction is removed. It is unlawful for any person owning a vessel or having charge of a vessel to fail to mark the location of a wrecked or sunken vessel. The owner thereof shall immediately commence the removal of the obstruction and shall prosecute the removal diligently to completion, and the failure to do so shall constitute an abandonment of the vessel and subject the vessel to removal and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.08.710.
16.08.840 Temporary use of mooring of another.
The Director shall have the right to permit the temporary use of any vacant mooring or dock within the marinas; provided, however, the Director shall make reasonable efforts to locate the permittee thereof to obtain that permittee’s consent prior to authorizing any such mooring. In the event the Director has granted such permission, no person temporarily using such mooring or dock shall fail immediately to remove any vessel therefrom upon order of the Director or the permittee thereof so to do.
16.08.850 Seawall permit and fees
A.
The fee owner of real property fronting on a waterway within the Long Beach Marina area who has a structure connected to a publicly owned seawall, which structure was constructed pursuant to a permit issued by the Director, pursuant to Sections 16.08.750, 16.08.760 or 16.08.780, shall obtain a permit for every vessel moored thereat from the Director and shall pay annually to the City, in addition to the fees prescribed in Section 16.08.760, a seawall mooring fee in the amount prescribed in regulations enacted pursuant to Section 16.08.970
B.
Vessels under ten feet (10’) moored to davits for which a permit has been obtained pursuant to Section 16.08.760 shall be exempt from the seawall mooring fee.
16.08.860 Shore mooring permit and fees.
A.
The owner of every vessel moored in the Long Beach Marina area to the shore shall obtain a permit therefor from the Director and shall pay annually to the City a shore mooring fee in the amount prescribed in regulations enacted pursuant to Section 16.08.970
B.
Shore mooring permits shall be issued only to owners of vessels permitted to use shore moorings. The shore mooring permits are nontransferable.
C.
Shore moorings for sand dollies, which consist of a steel ring mounted to the seawall with numbers assigned painted thereon, shall be placed at such locations as the Director shall designate.
16.08.870 Cancellation of permit.
Any permit issued by the Director pursuant to Sections 16.08.850 or 16.08.860, may be cancelled at any time upon giving a five (5) day written notice to the permittee of the cancellation. The mailing of a notice to the permittee at the address designated on his permit shall be deemed to be sufficient notice of cancellation. Upon the cancellation of the permit, it shall be the duty of the permittee immediately to remove his vessel and/or harbor structure prior to the date of cancellation specified in the notice. If he fails to remove the same, the Director shall remove or cause the same to be removed at the permittee’s cost.
16.08.880 Transfer.
Seawall permits may be transferred only in accordance with the provisions of Subsections 16.08.760.H and 16.08.780.C, to a person who is the owner of a vessel and the Director determines that the mooring or dock is adequate for such vessel.
16.08.890 Shore mooring waiting list administrative fee.
In addition to any fee required by Section 16.08.860, any person who submits an application for a shore mooring within the Long Beach Marina area, which application is filed in the separate waiting list of pending applications for shore moorings, shall pay a one (1) time waiting list administrative fee in the amount prescribed in regulations enacted pursuant to Section 16.08.970.
