The general purpose of this article is to make
the best use of available mooring space in Glen Cove Harbor so as
to accommodate more craft, to avoid congestion, to avoid obstruction
of channels and fairways, to make available mooring positions with
due regard for the depth of water and draft of the boats accommodated
and to afford ease of approach to and departure from moorings without
danger of fouling or collision.
The city assumes and shall be under no liability
for anything done or omitted to be done under or in relation to any
of the provisions of this article, and applicants for permits shall
release the city accordingly.
Nothing contained herein shall apply to the
location of moorings on the shore side of established government bulkhead
lines.
[Amended 11-22-1988]
A.
Appointment. A Chief Harbormaster and other Harbormasters
may be appointed as provided by the Glen Cove City Charter, and it
shall be the duty of the Chief Harbormaster or Acting Chief Harbormaster
to administer this article as hereinafter provided. Qualifications
for Harbormasters shall include satisfactory completion of peace officer
training and weapons and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training
by duly certified instructors.
B.
Function. The Chief Harbormaster and other Harbormasters
shall be vested with the authority and powers of a peace officer,
consistent with Subdivision 33 of § 1.20 of the Criminal
Procedure Law to issue summonses, make arrests and execute criminal
process for infractions.
C.
Moorings.
(1)
With the approval of the Mayor, the Harbormaster shall
have the authority to direct the change of locations of moorings,
the adjustment of mooring chains, cables or ropes and compliance with
this article in all other respects.
(2)
In approving the position of moorings, the Mayor and
Harbormaster shall be guided by the purposes of this article.
The Harbormaster shall be authorized to issue
permits for maintaining mooring equipment within the anchorage areas.
No mooring shall be placed or mooring boats anchored without such
permit. Such permits shall expire on the first day of January on the
year next succeeding the year in which issued, and shall not be transferable.
The Harbormaster shall collect and record in
a proper register the location and the names, length, draft, beam,
type and names and addresses of the owners of all boats moored in
the harbor, and the position of each approved mooring shall be noted
upon a chart of the harbor. Such records and charts shall be records
of the city, and shall be kept in such place as is designated by the
Mayor.
A.
Anchoring mooring buoys; method regulated. The method
of anchoring mooring buoys shall be determined by the Harbormaster
and he or she shall be guided by the standards established by the
United States Coast Guard for such mooring.
B.
Interference with authorized mooring buoy. No boat
shall anchor in any anchorage area in such manner as to interfere
with a duly authorized mooring buoy.
C.
Unattended boats; authority of Harbormaster. In case
of emergency the Harbormaster is authorized to shift the position
of any unattended boat moored in or near any anchorage.
D.
Directions to adjust moorings; compliance with other
conditions.
(1)
Authority of Harbormaster. If directions given by
the Harbormaster with the approval of the Mayor with respect to removing
unauthorized moorings; the changing the location of existing mooring;
the adjusting of mooring chains, cables or ropes; or with respect
to any other requirements of this article; are not complied with within
10 days after notice of such direction has been given as herein provided,
the Harbormaster with the approval of the City Council may cause such
moorings to be removed or changed at the expense of the owner or person
in charge of said vessel.
(2)
Service of notice. Whenever the Harbormaster shall
be unable to find the owner of the boat or mooring or any person in
possession, charge or control thereof upon whom notice may be served,
he or she shall mail such notice to the person at his or her last
known address and in addition thereto shall attach notice to the boat
or mooring concerning which said notice is given.
E.
Review of ruling of Harbormaster. Any ruling of the
Harbormaster shall be subject to review by the Mayor, and any ruling
of the Mayor shall be subject to review by the City Council upon application
of any person affected by the ruling. Upon any such review the ruling
may be affirmed, reversed or modified.
[Added 4-17-1990]
A.
No person shall place, throw, deposit or discharge,
or cause to be placed, thrown, deposited or discharged into the waters
of the City of Glen Cove from any watercraft, marina or mooring any
sewage or other liquid or solid materials which render the water unsightly,
noxious or otherwise unwholesome so as to be detrimental to the public
health or welfare or to the enjoyment of the water for recreational
purposes.
B.
Prohibitions.
(1)
No marine toilet on any watercraft used or operated
upon the waters of the city shall be operated so as to discharge any
untreated sewage into said waters directly or indirectly.
(2)
No person owning or operating a watercraft with a
marine toilet shall use, or permit the use of, such toilet on waters
of the City of Glen Cove unless the toilet is equipped with facilities
that will adequately treat, hold, incinerate or otherwise handle sewage
in a manner that is capable of preventing water pollution, as required
by this section.
C.
Treatment.
(1)
Every marine toilet on watercraft used or operated
upon the waters of the City of Glen Cove shall be equipped with a
pollution control device, either for the treatment or holding of sewage,
in operating condition, of a type approved by the New York State Department
of Health, in conformance with applicable public health standards
and rules and regulations and approved by the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation in conformance with the boating safety
standards adopted by the department. Pollution control devices shall
be securely affixed to the interior discharge opening of marine toilets
and all sewage passing into or through such toilets shall pass solely
through treatment facilities.
(2)
Sewage passing through a marine toilet equipped with
a chlorinator or chemical treatment facility shall be deemed untreated
unless the effluent meets standards established by the New York State
Department of Health.
(3)
The disinfecting agent used in a chemical treatment
facility shall be a kind which when discharged as a part of the effluent
is not toxic to humans, fish or wildlife.
D.
No marine toilet pollution control device shall be
used, sold or physically offered for sale within the City of Glen
Cove unless it is of a type which has officially been approved by
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Notice
of such approval shall be displayed on the pollution control device
as may be required by the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation.
E.
All marinas that provide for the handling and disposal
of sewage from holding tanks of watercraft shall do so in a manner
that will prevent the pollution of the waters of the City of Glen
Cove. The facilities for the unloading of such sewage shall be approved
by the Nassau County Department of Health, the Director of the Department
of Public Works of the City of Glen Cove and the Harbormaster of the
City of Glen Cove.
F.
All watercraft located upon the waters of the City
of Glen Cove shall be subject to boarding and inspection by any police
officer, or any peace officer acting pursuant to his or her special
duties, for the purpose of determining whether such watercraft is
equipped with approved marine toilet pollution control facilities
operated in compliance with this section.
A.
Sewage passing through a marine toilet equipped with
a chlorinator or chemical treatment facility from a watercraft in
the waters of the City of Glen Cove shall be deemed treated if the
undiluted effluent meets the following standards:
|
Item
|
Specifications
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Floating solids/settleable solids
|
Removal of all floating and settleable solids
which are readily visible and attributable to sewage
| |
|
Suspended solids
|
Not more than 50 parts per million
| |
|
Five-day biochemical and chemical oxygen demand
|
Not more than 50 parts per million
| |
|
Organisms of the coliform group
|
The median MPN values in any series of samples
shall not be in excess of 50 per 100 milliliters
|
B.
All other sewage or sewage effluent discharged from
watercraft shall be deemed untreated.
