10-40-350 Bond for removal of old dock materials.

   Any person that shall do any dock work wherein it shall be necessary to remove existing piles or sheeting, or in cases where an entirely new and original dock is to be constructed, shall furnish a bond in the sum of $100,000.00 approved by the Commissioner of Transportation, payable to the City and conditioned for the satisfactory removal of any and all earth, stone, or other material which may have escaped into the waters of any part of the harbor area, and for the satisfactory removal of earth, stone, or other material that may have been moved to the water side of any new and original dock. Said earth, stone, or other material herein mentioned shall be removed to a depth equal to the navigable depth fixed or existing at the time when, and location where, said dock work is being done.

(Prior code § 38-37; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 11-24-20, p. 24619, Art. III, § 1)

10-40-360 Dredging permits.

   No person shall dredge in, on, or along the waters of the harbor without a permit from the Department of Transportation. The fee for such permit shall not exceed $100.00 per day and the day shall consist of eight hours.

   No additional fee shall be charged for the removal, or dredging in connection with the removal of old dock materials, unless the material so removed shall be deposited in the lake, in which case a towing permit shall be necessary in addition to the dock permit.

(Prior code § 38-38; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 11-24-20, p. 24619, Art. III, § 1)

10-40-370 Encroachments and obstructions.

   It shall be the duty of the commissioner of transportation to report to the city engineer any and all encroachments upon the harbor lines as now established or which may hereafter be established, and thereupon the said harbormaster and city engineer shall take such action as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this Code and to remove or cause to be removed any such obstruction or encroachment. If it shall be found that any pile, stone, timber, earth, dock, bridge, or other obstruction whatever, has been placed in any part of the harbor in violation of the provisions of this Code and that the person who has placed same or caused it to be placed therein refuses or neglects to remove such obstruction upon being requested so to do by the city engineer, or commissioner of transportation, the commissioner of transportation shall have the power, and it is hereby made his duty, to proceed forthwith to remove such obstruction and to charge the expense of such removal to the person who placed such obstruction in the harbor, or caused it to be so placed, and the imposition of any fine or penalty hereby provided for against any person obstructing the harbor shall not be held to exempt any such person from a recovery by the city of the cost of removing any such obstruction.

(Prior code § 38-39; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832)

10-40-380 Discharge of cargo.

   No owner, lessee, or person in possession of any wharf or dock at which any vessel shall have been discharging its cargo shall suffer or permit any part of such cargo so discharged to project from such wharf or dock over or into the harbor after the vessel so unloaded shall have removed from such wharf or dock.

(Prior code § 38-40)

10-40-390 Vessels lying at docks.

   It shall be unlawful for any mud scow, flatboat, dredge, or any such craft to be placed or laid alongside of another while lying at any of the docks or wharves of the harbor during the navigable season of the year, without first having obtained permission from the commissioner of transportation.

(Prior code § 38-41; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832)

10-40-400 Protection from fast-moving vessels.

   All docks, wharves, bridges, piers, protections, or other places where persons or property are endangered by the fast moving of vessels or craft shall have a blue flag flying in the most conspicuous place thereon and as near the point of danger as possible. At night a blue light shall take the place of the flag. No vessel or craft shall run past such a blue flag or light at a rate faster than two miles per hour. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, and shall be held liable for any damage to any person or property sustained by reason of such violation.

(Prior code § 38-42; Amend Coun. J. 11-24-20, p. 24619, Art. III, § 1)

ARTICLE IV. BRIDGES (10-40-410 et seq.)