This article shall be known as the "Waterfront Ordinance."
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section.
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense include the future, and words used in the singular shall include
the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely
directory.
The City of Hoboken.
Any loose material not attached to the land or to any structure
and which is capable of becoming drift.
The Director of the Department of Environmental Services (for Article II) or the Director of the Department of Transportation and Parking (for Article III), hereinafter referred to as "Director" unless otherwise specified, as appointed by the Mayor and who may appoint, with the approval of the Mayor, an authorized agent to act on his behalf.
Any floatable material which may cause damage to vessels
or craft.
The waterways which are capable of carrying interstate commerce,
and the tributaries thereto, up to and including all of the land within
the mean high water mark, within the geographical limits of the City.
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
The land, building, wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakdown,
bulkhead, jetty or other structures and shall include all, or any
as may be necessary.
Any ship, boat, barge, craft or watercraft, whether registered
or unregistered, and whether motor-powered, wind-powered or otherwise,
that is used or capable of being used as a means of transportation
on water.
That portion of the land which borders navigable waters and
which lies shoreward of the established harbor lines or low-water
mark within the corporate limits of the City of Hoboken.
The general purpose of this article is the elimination of sources
of drift and debris which constitute possible obstacles or hazards
to existing navigation on the navigable waters of this City by the
removal and disposal of debris and deteriorated structures on the
shores of such waters and able to be washed into such waters.