(A) The Harbor Master shall have the power to remove any vessel, craft, or float lying at any dock, wharf, or pier, while receiving or discharging cargo or otherwise engaged, when it is necessary to do so to facilitate the movements of other vessels, crafts, or floats or traffic in the harbor, or in case of fire or when public safety requires it; he or she shall also have the power, when a vessel is so deeply loaded as to interrupt the traffic at the bridges or in the harbor, to tie up the vessel until a time as the vessel shall have been lightened or a rise of water in the harbor may enable it to proceed; also to stop at any time or place the vessels, crafts, or floats as may be proceeding up or down the canal, to prevent a jam or blockade or at time of fire or where public safety requires it.
(B) The Harbor Master shall give orders and directions relative to the location, change of place or station, manner of moving, or use of the harbor of or by every vessel, craft, or float lying, moving, or laid up in the harbor, as may be necessary to promote good order therein and the safety and equal convenience of the vessel, crafts, or floats.
(C) It is unlawful for any mud scow, flat boat, dredge, or any crafts 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 Harbor Master. Any owner, master, or other person having charge of the vessel, craft, float, mud scow, flat boat, dredge, or other craft who shall refuse or neglect to obey any order or direction shall be deemed guilty of violating the provisions of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 101.03) Penalty, see § 96.999