[Amended 6-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-10]
A.
The Town
shall appoint and contract with a Harbormaster (HM) either singly
or in conjunction with any municipality to serve at the pleasure of
the Town Manager. The Harbormaster shall be paid in such an amount
as the electors of the Town of Barrington shall fix at the annual
Financial Town Meeting.
B.
The Harbormaster,
and any Harbor Patrol working at the direction of the Harbormaster,
shall be subject to the day-to-day oversight and supervision of the
Barrington Chief of Police. However, the Harbormaster and the Harbor
Patrol shall not be considered police officers of the Police Department
for purposes of collective bargaining, but instead the Harbormaster
shall be considered an independent contractor with the Town.
There shall be a Harbor Commission consisting of nine residents
of the Town appointed by the Town Council. Members of said Commission
shall respectively serve terms of three years and until their respective
successors shall be appointed and qualified. The appointment and tenure
of the Harbor Commission shall be consistent with the original ordinance
adopted July 13, 1964, and amended on April 12, 1976, wherein the
Town Council was to appoint three members whose terms expired in December
1976, three members whose terms expired in December 1977, and three
members whose terms expired in December 1978. Annually thereafter
and continuing in the month of December, the Council shall appoint
members to said Commission to fill the vacancies next occurring. Members
shall be eligible for reappointment.
A.
The HM, or their designee, shall have the authority within the jurisdiction provided by any applicable federal, state and Town law to enforce statutes, ordinances and regulations relating to the mooring, anchorage, management and control of all vessels within the waters of the Town of Barrington and pursuant to the provisions of Articles I and IV hereof.
[Amended 6-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-10]
B.
The HM may remove from any wharf in said waters any vessel not engaged
in receiving or discharging cargo or passengers or any vessel not
anchored or moored according to the regulations relating thereto,
and they may also determine the extent, time and manner of accommodations
respecting the position of vessels which should be extended by the
owners or masters thereof to each other and require such accommodation
to be extended.
C.
The HM shall annually cause a map to be prepared designating the
name and address of the owner of each vessel moored in the waters
of the Town of Barrington and shall revise the same as may be necessary
from time to time.
E.
The HM shall assign mooring locations in accordance with the rules
and regulations promulgated by the Harbor Commission and approved
by the Town Council.
F.
Acting with the Harbor Commission, the HM shall review the applications
pending before the Coastal Resources Management Council or the United
States Army Corps of Engineers relating to the waters of the Town
of Barrington and advise the Town Council as appropriate.
G.
The HM shall serve as an ex officio member of the Harbor Commission
and the Mooring Assignment Subcommittee.
