Chapter 14.08
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
14.08.010 Application.
In construing the provisions of this title, except when otherwise plainly declared, or when another meaning is apparent from the context, the definitions in this chapter shall be applied. (Ord. 818 § 2, 1975)
14.08.020 Definitions.
“Bar Harbor” means those floats owned by the city, referred to as floats 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17, and any additional floats as may be constructed, and that area in the vicinity of Blocks 13A, 23A, 24A and 32A, Tidelands Addition to U.S. Survey 1229 and all floats, docks, and other improvements and facilities, tidelands and waters located therein, the exterior boundaries of which harbor are more particularly depicted and described on that certain plat entitled “Bar Harbor” filed in the office of the city clerk as Document No. 87-280.
“Boat” means watercraft of every kind and description, including but not limited to vessels, ships and skiffs. Aircraft, while on the water or in the air, shall not be covered by this chapter and shall not be permitted in that area commonly known as Bar Harbor, Thomas Basin, Ryus Float or City Float, as the perimeters of those harbors are either marked by the shoreline, rock barriers or log booms, except that it is not the intent to preclude aircraft within Thomas Basin, City Float, Ryus Float or Bar Harbor when the prohibitions against aircraft in the harbors preclude the owners of private property from using their private property.
“Boat harbor facilities” includes mooring devices, including but not limited to floats, fingers and stalls, gridirons, and other appurtenances located in the small boat harbors; boat launching ramps, land storage areas, and loading areas under the jurisdiction of the city for health, safety or convenience of the public, including Ketchikan boat harbor, Knudson Cove, Hole-in-the-Wall, or any other harbor facilities thereafter established or included within the Knudson Cove or Hole-in-the-Wall Harbor.
“Boat launch ramp” means a public boat launch ramp (including those located at Mountain Point, Bar Harbor and Knudson Cove) which is owned, managed or controlled by the city and is used for loading, unloading, launching or trailering boats. The term “boat launch ramp” includes the public parking lots adjacent to or in the vicinity of the boat launch ramp where vehicles and boat trailers may be parked.
“Boat launch ramp fee” means a fee for the use of any boat launch ramp or for the parking, placing, or use of a boat trailer on any boat launch ramp. The noncommercial launching or landing of kayaks, canoes or other boats powered solely by human effort shall not be considered a use of the boat launch ramp when the kayak, canoe or boat is not transported by trailer.
“Boat operator” means the master, managing agent, person in navigational control of or other person responsible for the operation of the boat.
“Boat owner” means the documented or registered owner.
“City Float” means that float owned by the city of Ketchikan and that area in the vicinity of Water Street and Hopkins Alley, and all floats, docks, and other improvements and facilities, tidelands and waters located therein, the exterior boundaries of which harbor are more particularly depicted and described on that certain plat entitled “City Float” filed in the office of the city clerk as Document No. 87-281.
“Derelict” means any boat moored or otherwise located in the boundaries of the boat harbor facilities which is forsaken, abandoned, deserted, or cast away, or which by appearance gives evidence of being forsaken, abandoned, deserted, or cast away, or which is unsound, unseaworthy, and unfit for its trade or occupation, and which by any substantial evidence of neglect may be considered abandoned.
“Director of finance” means the duly appointed, qualified, and acting director of finance of the city.
“Harbormaster” means the duly appointed harbormaster and the assistant harbormasters of the city.
“Hole-in-the-Wall” means the boat harbor facility located in the vicinity of seven miles South Tongass, and all floats, docks and other improvements and facilities, tidelands and waters located therein, the exterior boundaries of which harbor are more particularly depicted and described on that certain plat entitled “Hole-in-the-Wall Boat Harbor” filed in the office of the city clerk as Document No. 87-282.
“Ketchikan boat harbor” means all existing small boat harbors, including what is commonly known as Bar Harbor, Thomas Basin, Ryus Float, City Float and any other harbor hereafter established, or any other area that may hereafter be included within existing boat harbors, and in addition, shall include that area of water to a line 1,000 feet offshore, as measured at mean high water, said 1,000-foot line extending to the intersection of the northerly and southerly corporate limits.
Ketchikan Boat Harbor Facilities Fund. The director of finance shall open and maintain a separate fund entitled “Ketchikan harbor facilities fund.” All mooring rentals and other fees arising out of the operation of the boat harbor facilities by the city, received by the city, shall be deposited to this fund and used exclusively for such costs of operation, maintenance, and supervision of the boat harbor facilities as the council may from time to time authorize; except that when advances are made by the city council to the fund from the city general fund, the Ketchikan harbor boat facilities fund shall reimburse the general fund upon approval of the council.
“Knudson Cove” means the boat harbor facility located in the vicinity of 15 miles North Tongass, including those floats owned by the city, and all floats, docks and other facilities and improvements, tidelands and waters located therein, the exterior boundaries of which harbor are more particularly depicted and described on that certain plat entitled “Knudson Cove Small Boat Harbor” filed in the office of the city clerk as Document No. 87-283.
“Live aboard boats” are those boats which are used as a dwelling or residence while moored at a boat harbor facility, excluding, however, boats which are only occasionally and incidentally used as a dwelling or residence in the harbor. A boat will also be considered a live aboard boat when anyone has or will be staying on board for more than 15 days in a calendar month. The harbormaster shall be the sole judge of whether a boat is a live aboard boat.
Loading Areas. All of the approaches and designated areas of any float, when suitably posted and marked, are to be used only by the general public, without charge, for the purpose of loading and unloading of supplies, equipment and stores.
“Mooring facilities reserved moorage fee” is that fee which is charged to the boat owner, in consideration for being granted a reserved mooring space in the boat harbor facilities.
“Mooring facilities use fee” is that fee which is charged to the boat owner for the use of an open mooring space in the boat harbor facilities or a vacant reserved mooring space for any period after the boat owner has secured permission to use said reserved mooring space from the harbormaster and has paid a mooring facilities use fee. Moorage shall be immediately payable upon entry into any mooring space as above set out.
“Mountain Point boat launch ramp” means the area described in the cooperative agreement for maintenance and operation of the Mountain Point boat launch facility agreement as signed by the city of Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
“Open mooring space” means mooring space which has not been set aside and posted as a reserved mooring space and which is available on a “first-come, first-served” basis. An open mooring space is usually used for temporary or short-term mooring.
“Reserved float” means that float which has been reserved by an organization, club or other group of boat owners.
“Reserved float fee” is that fee which is charged to the organization, club or other group of boat owners reserving a float.
“Reserved mooring space” means mooring space which has been set aside and posted for long-term mooring on a reservation basis. A reserved mooring space can only be utilized with the prior knowledge and approval of the harbormaster and after the payment of the appropriate fee.
“Ryus Float” means that float owned by the city of Ketchikan and that area located at the end of Dock Street, and all floats, docks, and other improvements and facilities, tidelands and waters located therein, the exterior boundaries of which harbor are more particularly described and depicted on that certain plat entitled “Ryus Float” filed in the office of the city clerk as Document No. 87-284.
“Thomas Basin” means that area bounded by the Thomas Basin breakwater and Blocks 21A and 25A, U.S. Survey 437 known as the Spruce Mill Site, Federal Building Site, Stedman Street, and Thomas Street, and all floats, docks and other facilities and improvements, tidelands and waters located therein, the exterior boundaries of which harbor are more particularly depicted and described on that certain plat entitled “Thomas Basin Boat Harbor” filed in the office of the city clerk as Document No. 87-285. “Thomas Basin floats” means those floats within Thomas Basin. (Ord. 1817 § 1, 2016; Ord. 1682 §§ 17 – 22, 2011; Ord. 1336 §§ 1, 2, 1996; Ord. 1247 §§ 1, 2, 1993; Ord. 1114 §§ 4, 5, 7 – 10, 1987; Ord. 855 § 1, 1976; Ord. 818 § 2, 1975. Formerly Code 1969 14.08.030 – 14.08.255)