§ 22-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the indicated meanings:

Abandoned vessel means any vessel on the water, that does not have an identifiable owner, that has been abandoned on public property, and that has been determined to be in a wrecked, junked, or substantially dismantled condition.

Anchor means any appliance used to secure a vessel other than to a pier which is carried aboard such vessel as regular equipment when under way.

Boat means any watercraft, including seaplanes when not airborne, in or upon or docked, moored, or upon boat lifts at any place in any waterway within the boundaries of the city.

Public property means lands and improvements owned by the federal government, the state, the county, or a municipality within the boundaries of the city and includes sovereignty submerged lands located adjacent to county or municipal buildings, grounds, parks, playgrounds, streets, sidewalks, rights-of-way, and other similar property.

Mooring means any appliance used to secure a vessel other than to a pier.

Vessel is synonymous with boat as referenced in section 1(b), article VII of the state Constitution and includes every description of watercraft, barge and air boat, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

Waterway means any waters, waterway, lake, river, tributary, canal, lagoon or connecting waters within the boundaries of the city.

(Ord. No. 2003-18, § 2, 5-6-03)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2003-18, § 2, adopted May 6, 2003, repealed section 22-2 in its entirety and replaced it with a new section 22-2. Former section 22-2 pertained to houseboats, rafts, barges; anchorage regulated, and derived from the Code 1956, § 7-6.1.