§ 11.50.090. Obstructions to navigation.

A.

No vessel may remain in a position which interferes with the docking or passage of another vessel or creates a danger to persons, vessels or property after the port director has ordered it to move.

B.

No person may obstruct a municipal basin, channel or berth so as to interfere with the docking, passage or activity of a vessel. The port director may remove any such obstruction if the owner thereof fails to do so within 24 hours after its discovery by the port director.

C.

No structure, material or substance that can sink in water or obstruct navigation may be deposited in the inlet or on the shore of the inlet unless written permission is first obtained from the port director.

D.

When ballast, stone, coal, bricks, scrap, dirt, rubbish or other loose material or matter that can sink in water is being unloaded from or loaded onto a vessel, a canvas chute or similar contrivance shall be used to prevent spills into the inlet.

E.

The owner of a vessel which sinks, is grounded or is delayed so as to interfere with navigation, obstruct the port, or endanger persons or property shall post warnings on the vessel that can be seen during the day and night and remove the vessel as soon as possible.

(CAC 12.08.120, 12.08.140, 12.08.270, 12.08.350, 12.08.370; AO No. 78-177; AO No. 2016-116 , § 1, 10-18-16)