[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Hague 4-6-1950. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes motorboats, steamboats, rowboats, canoes, rafts
and all manner of craft operated or used on the waters of Lake George.
The use of any Town dock by anyone for the purpose from which
a profit or any form of payment is or may be derived.
[Added 5-13-2014]
Includes all forms of matter which occupy space.
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership,
corporation or association of persons, and the singular number shall
include the plural number.
A facility or an activity whereby vessels are stored on land
and periodically launched for use during a single boating season.
The periodic storage, launching and storage of a vessel by the same
person at the same location shall be presumed to be a quick launch
facility; provided, however, that the storage of a vessel on residential
property for use by the owners or lessees of that property shall not
be a quick launch facility regardless of the number of times the vessel
is launched and stored during a single boating season.
[Added 5-13-2014]
Any dock, pier or structure erected, constructed, owned or
maintained by the Town of Hague for public use in the waters of Lake
George.
[Amended 5-13-2014]
All parcels of real property owned by the Town of Hague and
adjacent to and used in connection with and for access to a town dock
maintained by the Town of Hague.
Includes automobiles, trucks, buses, wagons, trailers, motorcycles,
bicycles and all manner of equipment used in the transportation of
persons or property.
[Amended 5-13-2014]
No boat shall be moored at or tied to or otherwise attached
to a Town dock for a period of more than two consecutive hours. It
shall be unlawful to be docked at the Town dock between the hours
of 11:00 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. Eastern daylight time.
[Amended 5-13-2014]
There shall be no vehicles parked in the Town
Dock parking area between 11:00 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited
on any public dock property lumber or other materials for more than
a reasonably sufficient time to unload or load the same and at no
time in excess of 24 hours. No boat shall be moored, tied or otherwise
attached to a public dock and no materials shall be deposited on a
public dock or public dock property in such manner as to interfere
with or prevent the safe landing of a regularly scheduled passenger
or freight boat operated on the waters of Lake George.
[Added 5-13-2014[1]]
A.
The commercial use of any Town dock is only allowed by permission of the Town Board with the exception of those who have obtained an annual commercial launching permit for quick launch only [referenced by § 124-6C(2)].
B.
Anyone receiving permission from the Town Board to use any Town of
Hague dock for commercial purposes must submit annually proof of insurance
coverage, to the Town Clerk, listing the Town of Hague as an additional
insured.
A.
In case any boat shall be moored at, tied to or be
otherwise attached to a public dock in violation of this chapter or
for a period of time in excess of that permitted by this chapter,
or if any vehicle shall be parked or standing on any public dock or
public dock property in violation of this chapter or for a period
of time in excess of the period of time permitted by this chapter,
or if any material shall be deposited on any town dock or town dock
property in violation of this chapter or for a period of time in excess
of that permitted by this chapter, the Supervisor of the Town of Hague,
or any other person who shall be designated and authorized by the
Town Board for that purpose, may remove the same or cause the same
to be removed and stored at the expense and risk of the owner thereof,
who shall be required to pay the actual cost of such removal or storage
before he shall be entitled to receive possession thereof.
B.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 for each offense or by imprisonment
for not exceeding 15 days in the county jail, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
[Amended 8-10-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
