Any person in violation of a provision of this article shall be subject to the fine identified in the violation schedule contained within § 86-6 of this chapter.
A.
Every vessel entering a harbor shall be anchored by the person in
command thereof according to the direction of the Harbormaster.
B.
All vessels not anchored according to the direction of the Harbormaster
shall be forthwith moved by the crew under his direction, and if any
such vessel has not sufficient crew to move the same, such vessel
shall be moved by the Harbormaster, and the expense thereof shall
be paid by the owner or master of such vessel, and may be recovered
by the Harbormaster of such owner or master, by an action in the name
of the Town before any court of competent jurisdiction.
C.
The following areas are established for use as transient anchorage:
(1)
Little Narragansett Bay North of Napatree Point but not further north
than a line running from the inner exit of the privately marked channel
of The Cut from Fishers Island Sound toward the Northern boundary
of Foster Cove and between North South lines at 72° 52.600 feet
and 500 feet West of R2 at the entrance to Watch Hill Harbor.
(2)
Little Narragansett Bay on the inner (Eastern or Northern) side of
Sandy Point South of the Connecticut border and East to a North South
line through G13.
D.
A vessel may anchor overnight on its own anchor in the two transient
anchorage areas in Little Narragansett Bay defined above. No vessel
anchored under such conditions shall be left unattended between 1/2
hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise. Owners and/or operators
of such vessels may go ashore but must be available to tend the vessel
in the event of heavy weather. It shall be the vessel owner's
and/or operator's responsibility to remain clear of all moored
vessels, and other structures. Vessels staying more than seven nights
must get specific approval from the Harbormaster. No permanent live
aboards are allowed.
Vessels may raft on a single mooring or anchor when such activity
does not interfere with the proper functioning or safety of adjacent
single moorings or vessel anchorages and according to the limits,
number and/or length, set by the mooring owner or anchored boat owner.
A.
The owner or person in charge shall, as soon as may be after such
vessel is made fast to any wharf or other vessel, cause the lower
yards to be cock-billed and the top sail yards to be braced fore and
aft, and the jibboom of any vessel shall be rigged in whenever so
directed by the Harbormaster.
B.
Vessels shall not in any case be placed alongside of any wharf in
said harbor more than three deep without permission of the Harbormaster.
Every vessel drawing more than seven feet of water and approaching
the harbor at any other time than at high tide shall anchor outside
the channel until the tide shall warrant a free passage.
A.
No warps, lines or fishing gear shall be in or passed across any
channel, fairway or dock and no boat shall be anchored in the channel
or fairway in a manner which obstructs vessels passing along the same.
B.
Stakes shall not be driven to be used for mooring any vessel or boat,
or for tying up any fish, lobster or bait can unless in the judgment
of the Harbormaster their use would not be an obstruction.
C.
Mooring shall not be located so that vessels or boats when lying
to the same shall block any channel or approach to any channel, or
obstruct the approach to piers, docks or other moorings in the vicinity.
D.
The placement of fish nets is prohibited in all navigation fairways
and mooring fields.
E.
No person or persons shall obstruct any channel, fairway or dock
in a manner which obstructs vessels passing along same.
