The following words and phrases shall have the meaning indicated,
unless the context or usage clearly requires a different meaning:
A heavy metal device, fastened to chain or line, designed
to help hold a vessel in position.
An Anchor, line or chain and associated gear that is retrievable,
stowable, non-permanent ground tackle designed to engage the seafloor
and through its resistance to drag maintain a vessel within a given
radius.
Overall measurement of the vessel's width including, projections,
extensions, fixtures, and attachments [such as brackets and stanchions.]
A water surface area, delineated by either floating or fixed
dock structures, intended for the purposes of embarking, disembarking
and the wet storage of boats. A Berth is also known as a "Slip."
An individual who, by satisfactorily demonstrating appropriate
qualifications, has been included on a City-approved list of inspectors
eligible to install, inspect and repair ground tackle for Mooring
Permittees in the Santa Barbara Mooring Area.
The City Pier is located adjacent to the Breakwater at the
Southeastern end of Harbor Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor formerly
known as the "Navy Pier."
A small boat used as a tender to a larger vessel. A dinghy
is also known as a "Skiff."
To spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty, dump, deposit, or
throw.
A platform, either floating or fixed, provided in a marina
for the wet storage of a boat and pedestrian access to and from the
boat.
The daily rate assessed a vessel which ties up to any wharf
or pier in the Harbor.
A wharf, pier, quay or landing.
All equipment used for Mooring or anchoring a vessel securely
to the seafloor.
The area depicted on Exhibit A attached to Chapter 17.20 generally bounded by and including Stearns Wharf on the east, the Breakwater on the south, the seawall abutting Harbor Way and the Harbor commercial area on the west, the concrete walkway and seawall along currently-designated Marinas 2, 3 and 4 and including the area commonly known as West Beach on the north.
The entire Waterfront of the City, including all navigable
waters and all tidelands and submerged lands, whether filled or unfilled,
situated below the line of mean high tide, bounded by the limits of
the City as now fixed or hereafter may be extended.
The person designated by the Waterfront Director as the division
manager of the Operations Division of the Waterfront Department.
The person designated by the Waterfront Director as the supervisor
of the Harbor Patrol Officers in the Operations Division of the Waterfront
Department.
Overall measurement of the Vessel fore or aft including,
extensions, projections, fixtures, and attachments, [such as bowsprits,
bumpkins, outdrives, booms, brackets, davits and railings,] regardless
whether above or below the waterline.
The use or occupancy of a vessel for habitation on any four nights during a seven day period. The term does not include the vacation use of a vessel, as defined in Section 17.18.090, by its registered owner and the owner's guests.
A connected system of slips in the Harbor.
Equipment on board a vessel that is designed to receive,
retain, treat, process, or discharge sewage.
The specifications for Ground Tackle used to moor a vessel,
attached as Attachment A to the Resolution of the Council of the City
of Santa Barbara Establishing Minimum Ground Tackle Specifications
and Procedures for Installing, Inspecting and Repairing Moorings in
the Santa Barbara Mooring Area, as may be amended from time to time
by the Harbor Commission, with which all vessels intending to moor
in the City of Santa Barbara Mooring Area must comply.
An Anchor, chain, buoy, pendant, snubber, chafing gear and
associated equipment, not typically stowed or carried aboard a vessel
when underway, used to engage the seafloor and through its resistance
to drag maintain a vessel within a given radius.
A City form on which a City-Approved Mooring Inspector provides
the results and recommendations of a Mooring Inspection.
An annual non-transferable Mooring Site rental agreement
issued by the Waterfront Director to a Mooring Permittee to place
a Mooring and vessel in a Mooring Site in the Santa Barbara Mooring
Area.
A designated location within the Santa Barbara Mooring Area
assigned by the Waterfront Director through a Mooring Permit to a
Mooring Permittee for purposes of Mooring a vessel.
A vessel's ability to maneuver safely under its own power
from any place in the Harbor District to areas within open waters
of the Pacific Ocean and back to its point of origin.
All gear, collectively, that lies between a boat and its
Anchor.
The area located in the City of Santa Barbara tidal waters east of Stearns Wharf as depicted on the reference map attached as Exhibit A to Chapter 17.20.
The area depicted on the reference map attached as Exhibit A to Chapter 17.20.
Human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles
intended to receive or retain body waste.
A docking space for a vessel within the Harbor.
The monthly license fee paid by a slip permittee for berthing
privileges in the Harbor, including the monthly fees paid for live-aboard
privileges if applicable.
A revocable month-to-month license issued by the Waterfront
Director to berth a vessel in a slip in the Santa Barbara Harbor.
A Mooring Permit issued by the Waterfront Director to individuals,
organizations and governmental entities found to be operating research,
scientific, clean-up or other functions necessary to the long-term
health and operation of the Harbor District and marine environment,
or critical to the safety, welfare and protection of persons and assets
within the Harbor District.
The wharf structure and all of its improvements located at
the foot of State Street.
The fee charged to transfer a Slip Permit.
A watercraft or other artificial contrivance designed as
a means of transportation carrying people or goods over open ocean
waters.
The Harbor, Stearns Wharf, West Beach and all City-owned
or operated parking lots and related structures and facilities along
Cabrillo Boulevard or Shoreline Drive within the City of Santa Barbara.
The hourly rate assessed any vessel which uses or is tied
up to any structure in the Harbor for the loading or unloading of
merchandise, excluding the products of commercial fishing.
The area depicted on the reference map attached as Exhibit A to Chapter 17.20.
(Prior code §24.1; Ord. 4272, 1984; Ord. 4387, 1986; Ord. 4757, 1992; Ord. 5282, 2003; Ord. 5386, 2006; Ord. 5420, 2007; Ord. 5728, 2015; Ord. 5901, 2019; Ord. 6090, 2022)
