A. Every vessel owner desiring to guarantee the availability of a mooring space shall apply directly to the port director and enter into a mooring agreement provided by the city. No space shall be reserved or assigned until the appropriate fee has been paid in full.

B. The port director shall lease such space, if available, on a seasonal basis only.

C. The port director shall assign or re-assign such reserved moorage so as to achieve the most efficient use of the port of Bethel space.

D. Space designated for exclusive/reserved moorage shall be assigned by the port director for the exclusive use of one (1) vessel per stall or space.

E. Exclusive moorage rights may not be assigned or subleased.

F. The owner or operator of a vessel utilizing exclusive/reserved moorage space shall notify the port director each time the space will be unoccupied.

G. During such periods when the assigned vessel will not be utilizing exclusive/reserved moorage space, the port director may assign such space for transient moorage. Upon not less than two (2) hours’ notice by the vessel entitled to exclusive moorage, the port director shall cause the removal of any transient vessel utilizing the exclusive moorage space.

H. When the party holding exclusive moorage rights is a corporation or partnership, the sale or other conveyance of a controlling interest in that corporation or partnership shall automatically result in a termination of the exclusive moorage rights.

I. If a vessel owner with reserved moorage sells the vessel or loses the vessel to fire, sinking or natural disaster, they may retain the reserved space for the remainder of that season. The port director may assign such stalls for temporary use during their vacancy.

J. No property rights are created by this section or this title. The holder shall have only a license to use the space reserved to them as provided in this title.

K. Both the owner and the operator of a vessel which moors in a reserved mooring space without the written permission of the port director or executing the required moorage agreement shall be guilty of an infraction and the vessel shall be deemed to trespass. [Ord. 17-11 § 2.]