The words and phrases used in this title shall have the meanings set out in this chapter, except where the same shall be clearly contrary to or inconsistent with the context of the section in which used.
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means a designated location where vessels or watercraft may anchor or moor.
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means any organized water event of a limited duration which is duly sanctioned at least seven days in advance by duly constituted authority, and which is conducted according to a prearranged schedule, and in which general public interest is manifested.
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means any authorized vessel or watercraft of the City Fire Department, City Police Department, Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, the United States Government, and the State of Washington.
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means a red flag five units of measurement on the hoist by five units of measurement on the fly, with a white stripe of one unit crossing the red diagonally, the flag to have a stiffener to make it stand out from the pole or mast. This flag shall only pertain to skin and scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) diving and shall supplement any nationally recognized diver’s flag or marking.
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means the City of Tacoma.
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means the Chief of the Fire Department and duly authorized deputies and assistants acting on his behalf.
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means any vessel or watercraft, or any matter which may in any way blockade, interfere with or endanger any vessel or watercraft, or impede navigation, or which cannot comply with the “International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972” (72 COLREGS), 33 CFR 81, or which interferes with the normal public use of the waters of Tacoma Harbor.
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means any oil or liquid, whether of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, or a mixture compound or distillation thereof.
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means the written authority of the Harbor Master.
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means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state, whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent, or employee; the single number shall, when necessary, mean and include the plural, and the masculine pronoun shall include the feminine.
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means any pier, dock, wharf, bulkhead, dolphin, walk, landing, seawall, quay, float, or other structure to which a vessel or watercraft may make fast, or which may be utilized in the loading, unloading, or handling of products, merchandise and/or passengers.
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means the man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological integrity of water, but shall not mean the addition of fresh water to the salt waters of Puget Sound.
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means an area that has been marked in accordance with and as authorized by the laws or regulations of the City, to be used for or closed to certain designated purposes such as swimming, skin diving, ferry landings, and aquatic events, the method of marking or designation of which shall have been made by the City or its duly constituted officials in accordance with the provisions of this title.
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means any free swimming person and/or any person who uses an artificial or mechanical means to replace his air, including self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, snorkel tube equipment and free diving gear, but shall not mean swimmers using patrolled public beaches designated as swimming areas.
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means any platted street area (or extension thereof) occupied by any of the waters of Tacoma Harbor.
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means all tidewaters, navigable waters, waterways, adjacent waters, and all tributaries, and all wharves, slips, and landing places adjacent thereto, within the limits of the City of Tacoma.
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means any contrivance 65 feet or more in length overall used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
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means any contrivance less than 65 feet in length overall used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. Cribs or piles, shingle bolts, booms of logs, rafts of logs, and rafts of lumber, shall be included within the terms “watercraft” or “vessel” when being towed, but shall be included within the term “obstruction” when they are floating loose, not under control or tow, or when under control or tow and obstructing any navigable channel.
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means all forms, manner, means, or contrivances of person or persons being towed behind a vessel or watercraft.
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means all portions of the following designated waterways lying within the boundaries of the City of Tacoma, to wit: City Waterway, Wheeler-Osgood Waterway, Middle Waterway, St. Paul Waterway, Puyallup Waterway, Sitcum Waterway, Blair Waterway, and Hylebos Waterway.
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