[Added 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
Definitions applicable to this article are provided in §
120-1, Definitions, in Article
I, Regulation of Waterways, of this chapter.
All shippers or firms utilizing Quincy waterways, upon the arrival
of a ship or vessel at their wharf, shall immediately notify the Harbor
Master of that fact and forward to him a statement setting forth the
following information:
No private marker, mooring or anchorage buoy, lobster pot buoy,
or other temporary or permanent marker may be placed in the fairway
or channel of Quincy waterways at any time without the express written
permission of the Harbor Master unless such private marker, mooring
or anchorage buoy, lobster pot buoy, or other temporary or permanent
marker is authorized under MGL c. 91 or the regulations promulgated
under said Chapter 91. Any unauthorized private marker, mooring or
anchorage buoy, lobster pot buoy, or other temporary or permanent
marker so placed in any fairway or channel in Quincy waterways shall
be construed as a hazard to navigation and shall be removed by the
person causing it to be in place upon the order of the Harbor Master.
After failure of the person causing it to be in place, it may be removed
by the Harbor Master, with no liability to the Harbor Master or the
City of Quincy, or the agents, servants, or employees of either.
No person shall board or move any vessel in mooring or anchorage
or disturb any tender except in case of emergency or with the express
consent of the owner, master or operator of said vessel or as otherwise
permitted by law.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any beach, flat or
shoreline owned by the City of Quincy without the written permission
of the Commissioner of Natural Resources.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
This article is to be enforced by the Harbor Master, Assistant
Harbor Masters, and any police officer authorized to make arrests
in the City. Except where otherwise provided, violations of this article
shall, for each offense, be punished by a fine of $50. All such fines
shall be paid to the general fund of the City.
This article is enacted by the City of Quincy independently
from any state law regarding the operation of vessels upon the waters
of the commonwealth. All vessels being operated in Quincy waterways
are expected to comply with both the laws of the commonwealth and
the ordinances of the City of Quincy. In the event of a conflict between
such laws and ordinances, the law of the commonwealth shall prevail.
The Harbor Master is hereby authorized to adopt regulations
governing the Quincy waterways and, to the extent authorized under
Massachusetts law, vessels on or in the Quincy waterways, including
but not limited to the anchorage, mooring, and/or operation of such
vessels; activities that take place on or in the Quincy waterways;
and to the extent said vessels and activities affect and/or are related
to or directed to the Quincy waterways, waters adjacent to the Quincy
waterways, to the full extent permitted by law. All such waterways
regulations shall be submitted to the Mayor for approval. Upon approval
by the Mayor, a notice shall be published in a newspaper in circulation
in the City of Quincy and copies thereof shall be made available through
the Harbor Master, Chief of Police and the City web page. Said regulations
may be amended from time to time in the same manner as set forth herein.
All such waterways regulations shall be effective upon such publication.
No such regulation shall conflict with the provisions of any City
ordinance.