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ORDINANCE NO. 1577
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING SECTIONS 17.20.010 AND 17.28.010 OF
THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW
FOR INCREASED MOORING TIME LIMITS AND RAFTING
AT RHINE WHARF PARK
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 17.20.010 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read:
"17.20.010 Docking Permission Required. No person
having charge of any vessel shall make the same fast to any
pier in Newport Harbor, or permit the same to remain at
such location after finishing loading or unloading such
vessel, without the consent of the owner, agent, or person
in charge of any such pier.
No person shall make fast any vessel to
any other vessel already occupying any pier, either public
:• or private, without first obtaining permission of the City
Manager, except that at the Rhine Wharf Park the Harbor
Master shall have the authority to authorize this activity
under either of the following conditions: (1) A commercial
fishing vessel is loading or unloading, and no other mooring
or berthing space is available in the harbor for this
purpose, or (2) a vessel is taking refuge from inclement
weather and no other mooring or berthing space is available
in the harbor for this purpose. In no event shall more than
one vessel be made fast to the dockside vessel and no other
vessel shall be made fast to the outboard vessel. Both
vessels shall have operators aboard at all times."
SECTION 2. Section 17.28.010 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read:
-� 1117.28.010 Maintenance of Public Piers -- Regulations.
Public piers and other harbor facilities may be maintained
by the City for the purpose of loading and unloading
passengers, supplies, and boating gear, and for similar
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purposes. It is the policy of the City to maintain such
facilities in a manner that will permit the greatest public
use and avoid continuous occupancy, congestion or blocking
thereof. where necessary to achieve public use and avoid
extended occupancy, congestion or blocking thereof, the
City Manager is authorized and directed to post signs
limiting the time during which a vessel may be docked or
supplies or gear may be placed at or on any such pier or
facility to twenty (20) minutes except that a four (4) hour
limit is imposed on the Rhine Wharf Park, subject to the
following conditions: (1) The Harbor Master shall have
the authority to limit the size of vessels using said
facility; (2) vessels using this,facility shall be in the
actual process of loading, unloading or engaged in temporary
repairs; and (3) the Harbor Master may authorize an extension
of the four -hour period where special circumstances dictate
such an extension.
When a sign is in place giving notice of
such time limits, no person shall dock a vessel at any such
facility for a period of time in excess of that period, or
permit any supplies or gear to remain on such facility for
a period in excess of that posted on the sign."
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published once in
the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective 30 days after the date of its adoption.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the
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day of JUL 1974, and was adopted on the 22nd day of
ITU-Y , 1974, by the following vote, to wit:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis, Dostal, Barrett,
Kuehn, Rogers, Rycko , ore
NOES, COUNCILMEN: tvone
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
Mayor
CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND
CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION
JUL 241974 DRB•mh
_ DATE ._ .................
7/3/74
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY NEWPORT BEACH