[Adopted 12-8-1987 by Ord. No. 182]
For the purposes of this article, the words
and phrases set forth in this section shall be defined as follows:
COMMERCIAL WATERMAN
Any person possessing a commercial license issued by the
State of Maryland to catch clams, crabs, fish or oysters.
[Amended 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 538]
MOOR
To secure or make fast a vessel with cables, lines, ropes,
hooks and/or anchors.
PUBLIC PIER OR WHARF
Any pier or wharf owned by a municipal corporation and intended
for the use by the public in general, without payment of dockage rental
fees.
VESSEL
Includes boats of all types, regardless of how propelled,
and shall include seaplanes when not airborne.
[Amended 12-13-2017 by Ord. No. 485; 1-10-2019 by Ord. No. 498; 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 538]
No person, with the exception of commercial waterman, shall
moor a vessel at the public wharf located at the end of Mulberry Street
for longer than four hours. Commercial waterman may moor at the South
one-half of the wharf and may raft out from the vessel moored at dockside.
The loading dock and slips 1 and 2 located on Harbor Road is reserved
for the use of commercial waterman. No person shall moor a vessel
at the public wharf at Hollis Park for longer than four hours, and
there shall be no docking between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00
a.m. No vessel shall raft out from the vessel moored at dockside at
Hollis Park.
[Amended 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 520; 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 538]
Police officers of the Town of St. Michaels shall have the authority
to board any boat docked on a public wharf in violation of this article
for the purpose of causing any such violation to cease or identifying
the owner of said vessel and may cause such vessel to be moved or
towed to another location. In addition to any fines issued, moving
or towing of the vessel shall be done at the vessel owner's sole cost
and expense. Such costs and expenses shall constitute a lien on the
vessel and must be paid in full before the Town will authorize the
vessel's release.
In addition to the violation of this article
by the operator of a vessel, the owner of any vessel who permits his
or her vessel to be moored in violation of this article shall be in
violation of this article. For the purposes of this article, the operator
shall be deemed to be the owner unless evidence to the contrary is
introduced into evidence.
[Amended 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 520; 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 538]
Violations of this article are declared to be municipal infractions.
The penalty for violation of this article shall be $250 for each offense,
and each two-hour period following the initial violation shall be
considered a separate offense and subject to a separate citation and
fine. Fines shall be doubled if not paid within 30 days of issuance
of a citation hereunder.
[Adopted 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 520]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
TOWN BOAT SLIPS — BACK CREEK
Boat slips owned by the Town of St. Michaels at the foot
of West Chew Avenue, also known as Waterman's Dock. These slips shall
be used only by commercial watermen with boats having an approved
Town slip holder agreement.
[Amended 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 538]
TOWN BOAT SLIPS — HARBOR
Boat slips owned by the Town of St. Michaels at various locations
in the St. Michaels Harbor. These slips shall be used only by boats
with an approved Town slip holder agreement.
[Amended 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 538]