A.
No person who owns, leases or operates a commercial or recreational
boat or vessel shall use a public wharf, dock or pier unless they
shall first obtain a permit therefor, as is hereinafter provided.
A pier use agreement must be signed prior to the issuance of a user
permit.
B.
No person who owns, leases or operates a commercial or recreational
vessel shall store said boat or vessel on any public wharf, dock,
pier or parking lot.
C.
All said pier use and mooring fees should be paid to the City of
Saco through City Hall and a receipt for same presented to the Harbor
Master.
D.
User fees, mooring fees and parking fees are to be established annually
by the City Council, by resolution, after a public hearing, as recommended
by the Coastal Waters Commission.
E.
Commercial pier use permit holders have priority use of the hoists
for loading and unloading perishable products.
F.
Use of the beaching piles located adjacent to the public landing
will be available to pier use permit holders. The maximum size boat
to use the piles shall not exceed twenty-thousand-pound displacement.
Proper support must be installed under a berthed boat prior to allowing
people to go into the boat fall area. Boats may only be berthed on
the north side of the piles to maintain access to the public landing
at all times. Berthed boats may remain at beaching piles for one full
tide cycle.
G.
H.
Any permit issued hereunder may be revoked if the Harbor Master determines
that any portion of a permit holder's application contains false or
misleading information. Any revocation may be appealed as set forth
herein.
[Added 2-3-2014]
A.
Purpose. The City of Saco operates and maintains a parking and docking
facility at Camp Ellis for the benefit of the general public. The
purpose of this section is to create a special revenue fund into which
all the proceeds derived from the pier and parking lot shall be deposited.
A transfer of funds to this account shall be budgeted each year by
the City, in whatever amount is suitable for the maintenance and expansion
of public facilities at the Camp Ellis pier, parking lot, and other
marine related uses as deemed necessary by the Coastal Waters Commission.
B.
Source of revenues. All revenues derived from the pier and parking
lot, including but not limited to fees for parking cars and fees for
mooring and docking, shall be deposited into this account.
C.
Use of revenues. Funds in the Camp Ellis Pier and Parking Lot account
shall be used for the expansion and maintenance of the Camp Ellis
parking lot, pier, floats, City-owned moorings, waterways and other
marine-related uses, as recommended by the Saco Coastal Waters Commission
and approved by the Director of DPW or the Saco City Council.
B.
Establishment of permit limitations. The Harbor Master will establish
the maximum number of pier use permits to be granted within each type,
described above. A waiting list will be established for persons desiring
a pier use permit when the maximum number has been reached.
C.
Pier use by mooring permit holders. A mooring permit holder who wishes
to maintain a vessel at the pier shall obtain a pier use permit.
D.
Charter vessel users shall provide at the time of execution of a
pier use permit a current certificate of insurance showing a minimum
liability coverage of $1,000,000, which policy must name the City
of Saco as an additional insured.
[Added 2-3-2014]
A.
The City of Saco has constructed a launching ramp and parking lot,
for use by the public, on the shore of the Saco River at Bay Avenue
in Camp Ellis, between the extension of North Avenue and East Avenue.
There are no existing ordinances to control traffic and regulate parking
for the public good and safety of the public which will be using these
facilities. The following rules and regulations are hereby adopted,
and the Chief of Police is hereby authorized and directed to erect
the proper signs and controls to enable the enforcement of these rules
and regulations.
B.
Public lot and public landing rules and regulations shall be:
[Added 2-3-2014]
(1)
Diagonal parking within marked spaces only.
(2)
No parking after 1:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m. from May 1 through September 30 and from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. from September 30 through May 1, except for pier user permit holders who are aboard their vessels and have duly notified the Dock Steward or the Harbor Master of their intent to be at sea overnight. Crew members must obtain the proper receipt for overnight parking and notify the Dock Steward or the Harbor Master. Any other overnight parking constitutes storage, which is prohibited by § 118-20.
(3)
Five-miles-per-hour speed limit.
(4)
No parking in front of launching ramp.
(5)
Boat trailers are to be parked in designated areas.
(6)
Camping is not permissible.
(7)
Parking violators shall be towed away at the owner's expense.
(8)
All cars and trucks parked in the parking lot shall prominently display
a current pier user sticker or seasonal parking sticker issued by
the City, unless they are paying the daily parking fee. A seasonal
parking permit or the elderly residents permit is only transferable
to other vehicles registered in the City by the resident. A commercial
vessel pier use permit stays with the permit holder and is transferable
to another vehicle.