(A) Establishment of the Harbor Management Commission. There is an existing seven member Harbor Management Commission established by an ordinance dated June 14, 1986 and re-established by an ordinance effective May 4, 1994 which shall continue to have the powers and duties conferred on such commissions by Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 444a, Revision of 1958, as amended, and the Harbor Management Commission shall continue as the East Lyme Shellfish Commission and shall continue to have all of the authority and responsibility granted to local shellfish commissions by Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 492, Revision of 1958, as amended, except to the extent that the Waterford-East Lyme Shellfish Commission has been granted powers and duties by Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-287.
(B) Jurisdiction. The Commission shall continue to have jurisdiction over the navigable waters as defined in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-3a(b), within the town harbor management area as defined in § 152.02. The Commission shall continue to have charge of all the shellfisheries and shellfish grounds lying in the town not granted to the Waterford-East Lyme Shellfish Commission by Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-287, Revision of 1958, as amended, and not under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, including all river, inland waters and flats adjacent to all beaches and waters within the limits and marine bounds (below the mean high water line) of the town.
(C) Membership and terms of service. The members of the Harbor Management Commission shall continue to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen in the following manner: four terms were filled by appointment for four-year terms until the first Monday of January, 2020, and three for terms to expire on the first Monday of January, 2022, at which time they will continue to be filled by appointment for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be filled by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with Chapter 4 of the Charter. The Harbor Master shall continue to be a non-voting ex officio member of the Commission, and if there shall be a vacancy in the office of the Harbor Master, the Deputy Harbor Master shall so serve until the vacancy is filled.
(Ord. passed 5-4-1994; Ord. passed 9-4-2019)
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 20, page 144