A. No person may moor, berth, tie, attach, or connect a vessel to any port facility without registering with the port director and paying or executing an agreement to pay applicable moorage charges. Vessels operating in the city’s waterways or moored to floats or dock facilities, either private or public, within the city limits shall register said vessels with the port director for the safety and public welfare of the port of Bethel.

B. The vessel mooring permit is limited to the moorage of a specific vessel, assigned to a specific location for a specific period of time, and does not provide for any shore-side facilities or property use.

C. A person registering a vessel with the port director shall present the U.S. Coast Guard documentation or registration papers for the vessel and provide the name, number, type, dimension, description, and uses of the vessel, the name and address of the registered owner, operator, and agent for the vessel, the type of registry requested, and such other information as may be requested by the port director. In the event of a change of ownership in, or a change in the operator of, a vessel previously registered with the port director, the previous owner or operator shall so notify the port director within thirty (30) days after the change. A new vessel mooring agreement shall be signed by the new owner or operator within twenty-four (24) hours after the vessel’s first (1st) use of any port facility following the change.

D. It is unlawful to moor where signs prohibit moorage at floats, docks, ramps, or loading zones. It is unlawful to moor in areas restricted as exclusive moorage without first (1st) obtaining permission from the port director.

E. A vessel that is moored but not registered with the port director may be moved at any time by the port director, with or without notice to the vessel owner or operator, and the owner or operator shall be charged the applicable fee for the port director services.

F. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any false statement or knowingly to provide any inaccurate information in a vessel mooring agreement or application for the use of port facilities.

G. It shall be unlawful for any person who authorizes or permits themselves to be listed in a vessel mooring agreement as an owner or operator of a vessel to fail to respond or to deny association with the vessel when called upon by the port director to move, pump, or otherwise attend to the vessel.

H. The vessel owner shall neither sublease nor allow another vessel to use its assigned space.

I. The port director may require any vessel moored to or otherwise utilizing port facilities, whether or not the subject of a vessel mooring agreement, to be moved as necessary to effect repairs or additions to or the replacement of floats, docks, buoys, and similar facilities. [Ord. 17-11 § 2.]