The following terms, phrases and their derivatives shall have the
meanings given herein:
BOAT
Every vessel propelled in any manner.
CHANNEL SYSTEM
The bed of a natural waterway with well-defined banks presenting the evidence of the flow of tidal waters and commonly or usually traversed by watercraft and, in addition, refers to man-made or stabilized waterways designed for the navigation of watercraft. For the purpose of this Part
2, boat basins and bathing areas are included in the channel system.
FLOATING HOME/CABANA
Any vessel in fact used, designed or occupied as a dwelling
unit, business office or source of any occupation or for any private
or social club of whatsoever nature, including but not limited to
a structure constructed upon a barge or pontoons which is primarily
immobile and out of navigation which functions substantially as a
land structure while the same is moored or docked within the municipal
limits of the Town of Riverhead, whether such vessel is self-propelled
or not.
[Added 8-20-2013 by L.L. No. 12-2013]
FLOATING OBJECTS
Any anchored marker, platform, raft or other floating contrivance
which is not a vessel, and includes but is not limited to bathing
beach markers, speed zone markers, information markers, swimming or
diving floats, mooring buoys, fishing buoys and ski jumps.
HOUSE BARGE
Any vessel or craft used or designed to be used on the water
surface and to provide residential accommodations with sleeping and
toilet facilities, whose volume coefficient is greater than 1,500
cubic feet. "Volume coefficient" is the ratio of the habitable space
of a vessel measured in cubic feet to the draft of a vessel measured
in feet of depth. Habitable space is any enclosed area used or designed
to be used for a person to sleep, sit or eat.
[Added 8-20-2013 by L.L. No. 12-2013]
MOTORBOAT
Includes any vessel propelled in whole or in part by an engine
or motor, whether inboard or outboard.
[Amended 9-5-2012 by L.L. No. 19-2012]
NAVIGABLE WATERS
Waterways used or susceptible of being used in their natural
or ordinary condition as highways for commerce over which trade and
travel are or may be conducted in customary modes of trade and travel
on water.
OWNER
Includes the person in whose name the vessel was last registered
under Article 48 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law requiring
registration and, in any other case, the last known person with title
to a vessel.
PERMANENT MOORING
The securing of a vessel in the water of the Town of Riverhead
on a seasonal or annual basis by means of securing the vessel to a
fixed anchor placed on the bottom.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, firm, corporation
or any and all combinations of individuals acting in concert.
PIER
A structure built on land or on the shore of land extending
from the land out over water, including a wharf.
RESIDENTIAL HOUSEBOAT
A vessel not designed primarily for residential dwelling
units, designed primarily for pleasure craft, recreation and for independent
navigation and not considered a floating home, in accordance with
the definition set forth above, and which is being used or occupied
for residential purposes.
[Added 8-20-2013 by L.L. No. 12-2013]
RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES
The use of a houseboat, vessel or floating home as a dwelling
place, residence or place of abode. The term "residential purposes"
shall not be construed to prohibit the occasional overnight use of
a houseboat incidental to a transient stay by the vessel within the
Town of Riverhead between April 1 and November 1 of each year.
[Added 8-20-2013 by L.L. No. 12-2013]
SKINDIVING
Includes swimming by any person with the intent to explore
or photograph in local waters or to hunt fish therein, including any
person using any self-contained underwater breathing apparatus commonly
known as an "aqualung," but shall not include bona fide salvage operations
displaying proper signals.
TEMPORARY ANCHORING
The securing of a vessel in a harbor on a temporary basis
by means of an anchor carried aboard the vessel.
TIDEWATERS
Waters, whether salt or fresh, wherever the ebb and flow
of the tide is felt, including but not limited to coves, rivers, canals
and bays.
VESSEL
Any floating craft used or capable of being used as a means
of transport or for commercial purposes, whether or not capable of
self-propulsion, and includes but is not limited to boats, sailboats,
motorboats, barges, scow, dredges, rafts or other buoyant devices
permitting free flotation.
WATERS
All surface water, whether salt or fresh, within or bordering
the Town of Riverhead, including tidewaters and navigable waters.
WHARF
A structure built on land or on the shore of land or projecting
into a harbor or waterway for the purpose of providing a place for
vessels to load, unload or berth.