A. 
Moorings will be allowed in the defined bounding waterways, except for channels, buffers, fairways and restricted anchorages. Specifically, littoral property owners' moorings will be in waters in front of their properties.
B. 
In private waterfront communities, a mooring area will exist directly off the community shoreline. Littoral property owners therein will be assigned moorings in waters in front of their properties and inland property owners will be assigned as required elsewhere in the area.
C. 
All other residents of the Village will use designated Village mooring areas as shown on the waterways chart.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the waterways chart or map is on file in the Village offices.
A. 
No person shall place a mooring or mooring tackle or moor a vessel without first obtaining a mooring permit from the Village Clerk. Such permit shall be applied for on forms to be supplied by the Village and shall be accompanied by an application fee as shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees. Upon receipt of a properly prepared application, the Village Clerk shall determine if the application is complete and, if so, shall process the application. No application shall be deemed complete until the permit fee is paid. The permit shall expire on October 31 in the year issued.
B. 
No person shall construct a dock without obtaining a permit from the Village.
C. 
Mooring permits shall not be issued for commercial vessels of any kind, including, by way of illustration, not limitations floats, barges, floating docks, commercial fishing vessels and all nonrecreational vessels, and mooring permits shall not be issued for seaplanes in designated mooring areas.
[Added 6-6-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
D. 
Seaplanes are prohibited as follows: No person, firm, or corporation shall land or cause to be landed, take off or cause to take off or taxi any seaplane on or from any waterway within 250 feet of the shore within the Village, except if:
[Added 2-19-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019]
(1) 
An annual permit is obtained from the Village for the use and operation of the seaplane within 250 feet from the shore;
(2) 
The waterway is within 250 feet of land owned by the operator or owner of the seaplane; or
(3) 
The seaplane is taxiing into the Sag Harbor waterways management area.
A. 
No person shall moor any vessel in the harbor management area unless it is secured to a dock or at a mooring permitted by the Village of North Haven. No person will be issued more than one mooring permit.
B. 
No person shall anchor for more than 72 hours in any thirty-day period. Anchoring will be permitted in all areas, excepting channels, buffers, fairways and designated mooring areas.
C. 
No person shall moor any vessel, whether to mooring tackle or pier or dock, in such a manner that it lies within the lines of any channel, buffer area or fairway or within 50 feet of a channel marker or in a manner that interferes with the full use of a channel, except in cases of emergency.
D. 
No person shall anchor any vessel in such a manner that it lies within the lines of any channel, buffer area, designated mooring area or fairway or within 250 feet of the shoreline, and in no case shall any person anchor a vessel within 50 feet of a channel marker or in a manner that interferes with the full use of any channel, except in cases of emergency.
E. 
Any vessel or float moored or anchored in violation of any part of this section shall be removed by the owner or person in charge thereof on written notice of the Village Clerk. If the vessel or float is not removed after the Harbor Master provides written notice to the owner, that vessel float may be removed at the direction of the Village Board of Trustees after a hearing upon five days' notice. The notice shall be served by mail upon the owner of the vessel or float at the last known address of the owner. All expenses incurred by the Village, including reasonable attorney fees, shall be paid by the owner of the vessel or float and the Village may enforce that obligation by civil action. Such expenses shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any penalties as may be prescribed by or imposed under this chapter or under any other law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the Village.
F. 
The waterways officer shall have authority, for reasons of safety, to direct and order that the location or position of moorings be changed. The waterways officer shall give notice to the owner or operator of the vessel using such mooring, and compliance shall be required within 10 days thereof. Failure to comply with such direction or order of the Harbor Master or by any person shall be a violation of this section.
G. 
No littoral property owner shall be issued a permit for more than one dock.
H. 
No dock shall be permitted which extends into a channel, fairway or mooring area.
A. 
No person shall anchor or moor any float without a permit obtained from the Village. Such permit shall be applied for on forms to be supplied by the Village and shall be accompanied by an application fee as shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
B. 
All floats shall be anchored or moored in such a way as to be secure at all times and under all conditions, and such mooring shall be subject to approval and supervision by the waterways officer.
[Amended 2-19-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019]
No person shall live aboard a vessel or on any other floating structure over the water on or in any waterway, except as permitted in the harbor mooring area as shown on the Waterways Chart. The use of such vessel or structure in the harbor mooring area shall be regulated by the Village of Sag Harbor Bay Constable pursuant to the existing intermunicipal agreement.
Any vessel which becomes a menace to navigation or unseaworthy or sinks, grounds or otherwise becomes disabled shall be removed by the owner or, if not, removed within 10 days after the order of the Village Board of Trustees. Any such order shall be preceded by a notice from the Trustees. The notice shall be served upon the owner of the vessel by mail at the last known address of the owner. All expenses incurred by the Village, including reasonable attorney fees, shall be paid by the owner of the vessel, and the Village may enforce that obligation by civil action. Such expenses shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any penalties as may be prescribed by or imposed under this chapter or under any other law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the Village and the laws of the State of New York.
A. 
The Village waterways official or peace officer is empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Every person in charge of a vessel shall at all times obey the lawful orders of the waterways officer.
B. 
The Village Clerk is empowered to issue application forms, permit forms and mooring tackle standards and otherwise promulgate such forms and information as may be necessary for the administration of this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days or both. Each day that a violation under this chapter continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable and, if any section, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof shall for any reason be held to be invalid, ineffective, in conflict with regulations of the federal or state authorities or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof, but such portions shall remain in full force and effect.