[Adopted 9-19-1988]
There shall be established a Harbor Management Commission which shall have jurisdiction over all navigable waters, as defined in C.G.S. § 15-3a(b), within the territorial limits of Town of Old Lyme.
Said Harbor Management Commission shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Transportation of the State of Connecticut, prepare a management plan for the most desirable use of these bodies of water in a manner consistent with C.G.S. §§ 22a-90 to 22a-112, inclusive. Such management plan shall:
A. 
Identify existing and potential harbor problems;
B. 
Establish goals and make recommendations for the use, development and preservation of said bodies of water;
C. 
Include provisions for the orderly, safe and efficient allocation of said bodies of water for boating by establishing:
(1) 
The location and distribution of seasonal moorings and anchorage;
(2) 
Unobstructed access to and around federal navigation channels, anchorage areas and harbor facilities;
(3) 
Space for moorings, anchorages for transient vessels; and
(4) 
Such other provisions as the Commission shall recommend, in accordance with C.G.S. §§ 22a-113m to 22a-113s, inclusive.
The Harbor Management Commission shall be composed of nine members and three alternate members, appointed by the Board of Selectmen, who shall be legal voters of the Town of Old Lyme. The Harbormaster for the Town of Old Lyme shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Commission.
A. 
The initial terms of office of the members of the Harbor Management Commission for Old Lyme shall be as follows;
(1) 
Three members and one alternate shall serve for a period of two years.
(2) 
Three members and one alternate delegate shall serve for a period of three years.
(3) 
Three members and one alternate shall serve for a period of four years.
B. 
Thereafter, at the expiration of the initial term of office of each of the original members and alternates, a successor shall be appointed for a term of four years.