(A) No person or organization shall transfer a permit on a pier, float or similar structure granted under the provisions of this chapter without prior written approval of this city.
(B) No person who as an abutting upland owner or lessee of real property was granted a permit for a pier, float or similar structure shall retain any right of use in such pier, float or similar structure after having divested himself or herself of the ownership or leasehold interest in such real property.
(C) Upon such divesting, the ownership interest in the pier, float or similar structure shall remain with the person to whom the permit was granted, but the right of use thereof shall vest in the city until such time as a permit for such pier, float or structure is granted to another person.
(D) Except where rights of ownership have heretofore been judicially decreed, no person may heretofore or hereafter gain any rights of ownership or use of any such pier, float or similar structure by any purported transfer made without such prior written approval of the city.
(E) The harbormaster is authorized to approve transfers of permits or in his or her discretion may refer the same to the City Council for approval.
(‘82 Code, § 12.36.160) (Ord. 630, passed - -69)