A. The port director, under the direction of the city manager, is the chief administrative officer of the Bethel port facilities.

B. The port director shall enforce the provisions of this title and shall enlist the aid of any duly authorized police officer of the city to take appropriate action for violation of the provisions of this title.

C. The port director shall have general control and supervision of public landings and related port of Bethel facilities and shall preserve order at all times about the same.

D. Aid. In order to render aid to distressed persons and vessels in the Bethel port facilities, the port director and any of the port director’s authorized deputies and any police officer of the city of Bethel shall have the authority to:

E. Assignment of Moorage Facilities. The port director shall supervise and manage the assignment of all mooring spaces in the port facilities; and may, from time to time, in the port director’s discretion, in the interests of safety, order, convenience and health, require the owner or operator of any boat, vessel or floating structure to change from one (1) mooring space to another, and may move any boat which is unoccupied and in violation of this chapter.

F. Moving Boats. The port director and the port director’s assistants are hereby authorized to direct all waterborne traffic, either in person or by means of visible or audible signal, in conformation with the provisions of this title; provided, that where necessary to expedite waterborne traffic, or to prevent or eliminate congestion or to safeguard persons or property, the port director or the port director’s designee, or in the event of a fire or other emergency, such officers and other authorized officers of appropriate governmental agencies or authorities, may direct waterborne traffic as conditions may require.

G. Posting. The port director shall have the duty and the exclusive power to post signs and to thereby designate the limit of port facility speeds, classification and use of port facility moorage and storage areas, and the numbers designating exclusive mooring spaces within the mooring areas where such is allowed, and such other signs and notices as would inform the public at large and all boat owners and operators of authorized and prohibited uses of the port facilities, as established by the port director or by the port commission, and is authorized to direct all waterborne and vehicular traffic within the limits of the port facilities boundaries, including designated parking and storage areas. The port director shall have the power to order the making of appropriate signs to give notice of regulations relating to the use of the facilities.

H. Powers and Duties. The port director is the chief administrator of the port and shall be responsible for the overall supervision and direction of the city port, harbors and waters. The port director is hereby charged with the duty of enforcing all of the provisions of this title and of this code as they may pertain to the port facilities and the municipal waters, and any rules and regulations duly adopted under this title, and is hereby empowered to do so. In the performance of such duties, the port director shall have all of the powers of a police officer of the city of Bethel.

I. Refusal of Mooring Facilities. The port director may, in the port director’s discretion, refuse mooring facilities to any boat, vessel or floating structure which is cumbersome or may become or create a dire hazard or otherwise become a menace to the safety and welfare of other boats and their occupants; when the moorage facilities are crowded, the port director may refuse mooring facilities to floats, scows, rafts, pile drivers, boat shelters and other cumbersome floating structures. Upon refusal of mooring facilities, the boat owner, operator, master or managing agent shall be entitled to a pro rata refund of moorage fees paid in advance, less any other fees or charges the city may have against the boat, its owner, operator, master or managing agent.

J. Storage. The port director shall supervise and manage the assignment of dry land storage.

K. Subordinates. Whenever a power is granted to or a duty is imposed upon the port director, that power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by any duly authorized representative or such other person as the port director may designate for the enforcement of this title.

L. Supervision. The port director shall supervise and manage the use of the boat lift, launching ramps, grid iron and all other facilities made available by the city.

M. Traffic Direction. The port director and the port director’s assistants are hereby authorized to direct all waterborne traffic, either in person or by means of visible or audible signal, in conformance with the provisions of this title; provided, that where necessary to expedite waterborne traffic, or to prevent or eliminate congestion or to safeguard persons or property, the port director or the port director’s designee, or in the event of a fire or other emergency, such officers and other authorized officers of appropriate governmental agencies or authorities, may direct waterborne traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding provisions of this title. [Ord. 17-11 § 2.]