City of Annapolis - File #: O-2-22

• File #: O-2-22
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 12/22/2021
• In control: Maritime Advisory Board
• On agenda: 1/10/2022
• Final action: 4/25/2022
• Title: Mooring Permits - Forfeiture - For the purpose of modifying the use requirement of moorings in City waters; providing a definition; and generally relating to mooring permits.
• Sponsors: Gavin Buckley
• Indexes: Environmental Matters Committee, Maritime Advisory Board

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/25/2022	1	City Council	adopt on second reader	Pass
4/25/2022	1	City Council	amended	Pass
4/25/2022	1	City Council	adopt as amended	Pass
4/25/2022	1	City Council	adopt on third reader	Pass
4/18/2022	1	Environmental Matters Committee	recommend with amendments	Pass
3/10/2022	1	Environmental Matters Committee	postpone	Pass
2/10/2022	1	Environmental Matters Committee	postpone	Pass
2/7/2022	1	Public Safety Committee
1/24/2022	1	City Council	declare the public hearing closed
1/10/2022	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass
1/10/2022	1	City Council	refer
1/10/2022	1	City Council	refer

Title
Mooring Permits - Forfeiture - For the purpose of modifying the use requirement of moorings in City waters; providing a definition; and generally relating to mooring permits.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 2-22

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley
Co-sponsored by:

Referred to
Environmental Matters Committee
Maritime Advisory Board

AN ORDINANCE concerning

Mooring Permits - Forfeiture

FOR the purpose of modifying the use requirement of moorings in City waters; providing a definition; and generally relating to mooring permits.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2021 Edition
15.20.150


SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:

Title 15 - HARBORS AND WATERFRONT AREAS
Chapter 15.20 - PERMITS

Section 15.20.150 - Permit expiration, FORFEITURE, and nontransferability.

A. A mooring permit issued by the Harbormaster is valid for work commenced within a period of sixty days from the issuance of the permit; otherwise, it is void. Work permitted by a mooring permit shall be completed within three months of the date of issuance of the permit, unless an extension is granted by the Port Wardens for good cause.
B. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, Moorings not in continuous use for more than sixty consecutive days during the period of May 1st to October 31st shall be automatically forfeited to the City. A MOORING SHALL NOT BE IN DISUSE BY THE PERMITTED VESSEL FOR MORE THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM JUNE 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 1ST. IN ADDITION, A MOORING SHALL BE OCCUPIED BY THE PERMITTED VESSEL FOR AT LEAST 70 DAYS OF THE 122-DAY PERIOD FROM JUNE 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 1ST UNLESS THE PERMIT HOLDER HAS RECEIVED ADVANCE WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE HARBORMASTER. A PERMIT HOLDER WHO IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION SHALL AUTOMATICALLY FORFEIT THE PERMIT TO THE CITY...