The port authority has conferred upon it such powers as are
conferred upon port authorities by statute, and has the power to:
(1) Plan for the maintenance and development of the port, harbor and
navigable tidal waters within the jurisdiction of the Town, in order
to foster and stimulate commercial and recreational use of these areas;
and
(2) Aid in the development of salt water fisheries and associated industries;
ship and boat building, repair and storage and associated industries;
pleasure boating, swimming and other associated recreational uses
of these areas and facilities; and
(3) Be custodian of municipally-owned wharves, docks, piers and landings;
and
(4) Make such rules and regulations touching municipally-owned wharves,
docks, piers and landings, harbors, harbormasters, and the conduct
of its business, as necessary; and, set a fee schedule for the uses
thereof.
The Town Manager is authorized and empowered to appoint and
set compensation for a harbor master with the advice and consent of
the port authority. The harbormaster will enforce the directives of
the authority, such as the placement of moorings, the assignments
of anchorage areas and the movement of traffic, and the use of municipally-owned
wharves, docks, piers and landings, under operational direction of
the authority.
NOTE: This supersedes, repeals, and replaces, Maine Private
& Special Law 1961, Chapter 163, as amended in Private and Special
1963, Chapter 97 § 2, and Private and Special 1993, Chapter
26 § 1.