Seasonal periods for rental of small vessel
spaces, vessel slips, dry boat storage and wet boat storage shall
be as follows:
A. Summer:
(1) Seasonal small vessel spaces: April 15 to November
15, inclusive.
(2) Seasonal vessel slips: April 15 to November 15, inclusive.
(3) Dry boat storage: June 1 to September 30, inclusive.
(4) Boat valet dry storage service: April 15 to November
15, inclusive.
[Added 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. 288-2007]
B. Winter:
[Amended 11-18-2003 by Ord. No. 239-2003]
(1) Dry boat storage for residents of New Rochelle only:
September 15 to May 31 of the following year.
(2) Dry boat storage for nonresidents: October 1 to May
31 of the following year.
(3) Wet boat storage: November 16 to April 10 of the following
year.
Fees and charges for use of the following facilities or privileges at the City docks and municipal marinas shall be as set forth in Chapter
133, Fees:
A. Seasonal fees, nonresidents.
B. Rental of summer seasonal small vessels spaces, other
than slips, including kayaks and canoes.
[Amended 11-16-2004 by Ord. No. 251-2004]
C. Rental of summer seasonal vessel slip and winter storage.
[Amended 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 233-2008]
(1) In computing vessel lengths, fractions of a foot will
be deemed to be a whole foot. Overhangs fore and aft for any purpose,
including but not limited to bowsprits, swimming platforms, boomkins,
davits and motors, will be taken into account in determining vessel
length, except that outboard motors on vessels 18 feet or less will
not be included.
(2) Rental of a vessel slip entitles the owner to use
one dock box without additional charge.
D. Dry boat storage, winter season (includes hauling, launching
and shoring).
[Amended 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 233-2008]
E. Keel-type sailboats (includes hauling, launching and
shoring).
[Amended 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 233-2008]
F. Wet boat storage, winter season.
I. Vessel hauling and launching.
J. Special bottom scrubbing.
L. Labor charge for extra service.
M. Use of electric power in the Municipal Boatyard.
(1) Electric power will not be supplied during the hours
when the Boathouse is closed, nor during inclement weather conditions.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to use an outlet
for electric power for an electric heater.
(3) The use of electric power shall be at the sole risk
and responsibility of the person using the same.
(4) In addition to other penalties provided for by this
chapter, the Harbormaster may discontinue the use of electric power
at any time for reasons of public safety or abuse thereof.
N. Vessel cradles and trailers.
O. Kayaks and canoes.
[Amended 11-16-2004 by Ord. No. 251-2004]
P. Boat slip waiting list application.
[Amended 11-16-2004 by Ord. No. 251-2004]
Q. Boat valet dry storage service (includes unlimited
launches and hauls).
[Added 12-22-2007 by Ord. No. 287-2007]
R. Environmental surcharge fee.
[Added 12-22-2007 by Ord. No. 287-2007]
S. Jet skis.
[Added 12-11-2012 by Ord. No. 199-2012]
[Amended 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 233-2008]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to use the docks,
floats, slips and other facilities unless the fees for the use of
such facilities have been paid for the current year and a duly authorized
receipt or slip or mooring sticker has been issued by the Harbormaster
to such person for the use of the specific facility or facilities.
B. Holders of slip or mooring stickers are required to
exhibit the same at the request of the Harbormaster or other individual
authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
No person other than duly authorized boatyard
personnel may haul or launch any vessel at the Municipal Boatyard,
except persons launching or hauling prams and dinghies assigned summer
dock storage spaces. No person other than the duly authorized boatyard
personnel may jack up or change the blocking or bracing of any vessel
in the Municipal Boatyard.
[Amended 12-10-2002 by Ord. No. 226-2002]
Vessels moored to City-owned floats, piers,
docks, or seawalls, or aground on City beaches or City waterfront
property, or abandoned, or in an unsafe condition, partially or completely
sunken, or in a position to do damage to City equipment or adjacent
legally moored vessels, for which corrective measures have been taken
within 24 hours, may, by direction of the Harbormaster, be pumped,
or otherwise removed from such City installation, and the actual cost
of such pumping and removal and disposal shall be charged to the owner
or person in charge of the vessel. Owners need not be notified in
advance of pumping or removal of unsafe vessels. If the Harbormaster
determines an immediate emergency, the Harbormaster may take action
to stop the cause of any pollution emanating from the sunken vessel
and may remove or cause the vessel to be removed, without prior notice
to the owner of the vessel, and shall recover all costs associated
with removal and storage or disposal of the vessel from the owner
of the vessel.
Any vessel stored in the Municipal Boatyard
may be held, by direction of the Harbormaster, for nonpayment of fees
for services and shall not be launched or removed from the Municipal
Boatyard until such legally assessed fees are paid.
[Amended 11-18-2003 by Ord. No. 239-2003; 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 233-2008]
All persons using harbor, dock, slip, float
or dock box facilities shall agree in writing that the City bears
no liability for any risk of loss or damages arising out of such docking,
mooring or storage to persons, property or equipment and that he/she
releases the City from all liability therefor and shall comply with
all provisions in the chapter and with the following regulations:
A. Unauthorized vessels are not permitted to tie up to
floats. If found tied, they will be removed from the water, stored
on land, and owners will be required to pay the expenses of removal
and storage.
B. Unidentified vessels tied up to floats must prove
eligibility for tying to rings within 24 hours from the date notice
is posted on the vessel, or will be considered unauthorized.
C. Removal of rings from floats, cutting of chains attached
to rings on floats or tampering with any dock hardware is prohibited.
D. Storage of masts and other boating equipment on the
floats is prohibited.
E. Vessel owners are advised not to leave outboard motors,
oars, etc., in boats tied to floats.
F. Vessels may dock at the float extending from Piers
B and C at the Municipal Marina for the purpose of taking on provisions,
supplies and passengers only for the following period of time:
(1) On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, for no
more than two ten-minute periods in any twenty-four-hour period.
(2) On other days of the week, for not more than two twenty-minute
periods in any twenty-four-hour period.
G. It shall be unlawful to leave unattended any vessels
utilizing electrical power while stored upland in dry storage.
H. It shall be unlawful to leave unattended any heating
device, electrical, fuel, or propane fired, on a vessel stored upland
in dry storage or in-water wet storage.