[Adopted 3-25-2009 by Ord. No. 05-2009]
A. 
Every owner or operator of a vessel that moors or docks within the boundaries of the Atlantic Highlands Harbor, or grounds on land, under the control of the Atlantic Highlands Harbor Commission or the Borough of Atlantic Highlands, shall promptly register within 48 hours of said mooring, docking, or grounding with the Harbor Manager or other official designated by the Harbor Manager, the Harbor Commission or the Borough Administrator.
[Amended 1-25-2012 by Ord. No. 01-2012]
B. 
The registration shall include:
(1) 
The length of time the vessel is intended to remain at the location;
(2) 
The home address and telephone number of the owner or operator of the vessel;
(3) 
A local address and telephone number where the owner or operator can be contacted.
C. 
Nothing in this section shall prevent the operator of a vessel from anchoring, grounding, or mooring a vessel when an emergency exists that requires such action to be taken to safeguard the lives of the passengers, the vessel, or the environment.
[Amended 1-25-2012 by Ord. No. 01-2012]
The Harbor Manager or his designee shall post notices in appropriate, conspicuous locations in and around the Harbor and its facilities stating the registration requirement and where the owner or operator of a vessel shall register the required information.
[Amended 1-25-2012 by Ord. No. 01-2012]
After a vessel has been moored, grounded, or docked without registration for a period of one week, the Harbor Manager or other designee of the Harbor Commission acting for or on behalf of the Harbor Commission or the Borough, may affix a notice on the vessel advising that if the vessel is not removed by the date indicated on the notice, which shall be no less than seven calendar days following the date that the notice is affixed, then the vessel, including any trailer upon which a grounded vessel has been placed, will be removed to a holding area. The Harbor Manager and/or the Borough Administrator shall designate and appropriately mark an appropriate location in the harbor area a holding area for such vessels.
A vessel that has been abandoned at a public or private boat dock, pier, or marina is considered abandoned in the harbor or waterfront.
The Harbor Commission and its designee are hereby vested with the power to raise, recover, tow, remove, store, destroy, and dispose of vessels that have been abandoned in the harbor or waterfront, as appropriate, pursuant to the procedures applicable to municipal waterways in the Abandoned or Sunken Vessels Disposition Law (N.J.S.A. 12:7C-7 et seq.).
No agent, servant, employee, or authorized representatives of the Harbor Commission or the Borough, or the Harbor Commission or Borough shall be held liable for any damage or loss to any vessel or its contents that is removed to a holding area and stored pursuant to the authority of this article.
An owner or operator of a vessel who violates the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $1,250. Each day upon which the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. The civil penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall be collected pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999, N.J.S.A. 2A:58-10 et seq., in a summary proceeding in the Borough Municipal Court.
[Amended 1-25-2012 by Ord. No. 01-2012]
The Harbor Manager or his designee, or other designee as appointed by the Harbor Commission or the Borough, or any member of the Borough Police Department, is authorized to issue a summons for a violation of the provisions of this article and may serve and execute all process with respect to its enforcement. A penalty recovered under the provisions of this section shall be recovered by and in the name of the state by the local municipality and shall be paid into the treasury of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands.