For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"BREAKWATER." A structure built to reduce wave energy on the shoreline by trapping sand between the shore and the breakwater.
"GROIN." An erosion-control structure built perpendicular to the shoreline to protect individual properties.
"JETTY." A structure designed to protect and/or stabilize a navigation entrance.
"PIER" or "DOCK." A mooring pile or piling, dolphin of any type, fender, ramp, floating dock, or other structure occupying the area beyond the high water line. The mean high water line is 2.05 feet above mean sea level.
“POLYSTYRENE.” A thermoplastic polymer or copolymer comprised of at least 80 percent styrene or para-methyl styrene by weight. (Commonly known as Styrofoam)
"UNENCAPSULATED POLYSTYRENE." A polystyrene that is not completely encased within a polyethylene shell or within other comparable materials that protects against cracking, peeling, sloughing, and deterioration from ultraviolet exposure and physical trauma.
('72 Code, § 15-ll; Am. Ord. 1152, passed 8-22-91; Am. Ord. 1541, passed 8-9-07; Am. Ord. 1842, passed 10-13-22)