Section
Boats and Watercraft
92.01 Definitions
92.02 Scope
92.03 Securing watercraft
92.04 City Manager’s determination
92.05 Parking boats or vessels
92.06 Exemptions
92.07 Owner’s responsibility
92.08 Impounding vessels
92.09 Sale of impounded vessels
Riverfront Area
92.25 Definitions
92.26 Permit requirements
92.27 Rules and regulations
92.99 Penalty
BOATS AND WATERCRAFT
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MOTORBOAT. Any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion.
OPERATE. To navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or a vessel.
OWNER. A person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a motorboat subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity.
VESSEL. Every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
WATERWAYS OF THE CITY. Any navigable waterways within the territorial limits of the City.
(1995 Code, § 12.16.010)
No person shall moor, tie up or otherwise secure or land a boat or any other vessel in the waterways of the City in violation of any posted sign.
(1995 Code, § 12.16.030) Penalty, see § 92.99
(A) No person shall park a vessel or its trailer on any dedicated public rights-of-way or other public property.
(1995 Code, § 12.16.050)
(B) (1) There are excepted from the provisions of this section vessels attached to motor vehicles while so attached, including vessels on trailers while so attached.
(2) However, the same shall not be parked on any street in excess of a 24-hours during any consecutive 7-day time period.
(C) There are excepted from the provisions of § 92.05 vessels on public property leased to private individuals unless the lessee requests enforcement, in writing, to the City Manager.
(1995 Code, § 12.16.060)
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