Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 16 — PUBLIC FACILITIES AND HISTORICAL LANDMARKS›Chapter 16.08 — MARINAS
Long Beach Municipal Code Art. VI Mooring Areas
Long Beach Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Long Beach
Cite as: Long Beach Municipal Code Article VI · Text as of 2026-10-04
16.08.810 - Authorized area, manner required.¶
No vessel shall be moored or docked in the marinas except within areas designated for such purpose by the Director. The Director shall be authorized to take such action as is reasonably necessary to move any vessel moored or docked in an unauthorized area or moored or docked in an unauthorized manner. The owner of any such vessel shall pay to the City all costs incurred in moving, keeping and storing any such vessel.
(Ord. C-5625 § 4 (part), 1980: prior code § 7225)
16.08.820 - Nonliability of City.¶
The removal of any vessel by the Bureau due to unsafe or dangerous mooring or mooring in an unauthorized area or due to the vessel's being in an unsafe or dangerous condition shall be without liability to the City, the Bureau or their personnel.
(Ord. C-5625 § 4 (part), 1980: prior code § 7225.1)
16.08.830 - Wrecked or sunken vessels.¶
Whenever a vessel is wrecked or sunk in the marinas or any water area within the limits of the City, accidentally or otherwise, the owner thereof shall immediately mark it by a buoy during the day and by a lighted lantern at night and maintain such markings until the sunken vessel or obstruction is removed. It is unlawful for any person owning a vessel or having charge of a vessel to fail to mark the location of a wrecked or sunken vessel. The owner thereof shall immediately commence the removal of the obstruction and shall prosecute the removal diligently to completion, and the failure to do so shall constitute an abandonment of the vessel and subject the vessel to removal and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.08.710.
(Ord. C-5625 § 4 (part), 1980: prior code § 7225.2)
16.08.840 - Temporary use of mooring of another.¶
The Director shall have the right to permit the temporary use of any vacant mooring or dock within the marinas; provided, however, the Director shall make reasonable efforts to locate the permittee thereof to obtain that permittee's consent prior to authorizing any such mooring. In the event the Director has granted such permission, no person temporarily using such mooring or dock shall fail immediately to remove any vessel therefrom upon order of the Director or the permittee thereof so to do.
(Ord. C-5956 § 17, 1983: Ord. C-5625 § 4 (part), 1980: prior code § 7225.3)
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