File #: O-2-26    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Public Hearing
File created: 1/13/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/23/2026 Final action:
Title: Mooring Requirements in City Waters For the purpose of clarifying that moorings may not be installed within 75 feet of another mooring or a structure rather than applying the 75 foot measurement from the moored vessel and clarifying that all transient mooring balls are owned by the City and are not private; allowing the Harbormaster to adopt rules and regulations consistent with Title 15 of the Code of the City of Annapolis as to the types and lengths of vessels that may use any mooring in City waters; updating the definition of "mooring(s)"; and generally related to mooring requirements in City waters.
Sponsors: Jared Littmann
Indexes: Board of Port Wardens, Environmental Matters Committee, Maritime Advisory Board
Attachments: 1. O-2-26 First Reader, 2. O-2-26 Moorings in Annapolis Map, 3. O-2-26 Spa Creek Mooring Area, 4. O-2-26 Weems Creek Mooring Area, 5. O-2-26 Legislative Summary, 6. O-2-26 Staff, Staffing & Fiscal Impacts Report
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Mooring Requirements in City Waters
For the purpose of clarifying that moorings may not be installed within 75 feet of another mooring or a structure rather than applying the 75 foot measurement from the moored vessel and clarifying that all transient mooring balls are owned by the City and are not private; allowing the Harbormaster to adopt rules and regulations consistent with Title 15 of the Code of the City of Annapolis as to the types and lengths of vessels that may use any mooring in City waters; updating the definition of "mooring(s)"; and generally related to mooring requirements in City waters.
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City Council of the
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 2-26
Introduced by: Mayor Littmann (by request of the Harbormaster)
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to: Environmental Matters Committee, Port Wardens
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Mooring Requirements in City Waters
FOR the purpose of clarifying that moorings may not be installed within 75 feet of another mooring or a structure rather than applying the 75 foot measurement from the moored vessel and clarifying that all transient mooring balls are owned by the City and are not private; allowing the Harbormaster to adopt rules and regulations consistent with Title 15 of the Code of the City of Annapolis as to the types and lengths of vessels that may use any mooring in City waters; updating the definition of "mooring(s)"; and generally related to mooring requirements in City waters.
BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2026 Edition: 15.02.030, 15.10.110
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:
City Code Title 15 - HARBORS AND WATERFRONT AREAS
Division I - Generally
Chapter 15.02 General Provisions

Section 15.02.030 Definitions.
For purposes of this title, the following words and phrases have the meanings indicated:
U. "Mooring" includes, but i...

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