Orange County Municipal Code Art. 7 Mooring Construction and Maintenance

(a) No person shall erect, construct or maintain any mooring in a harbor unless all chains and fastenings are of sufficient size to stand a breaking strain of at least six (6) times the weight of the mooring.

(b) All mooring lines on buoys shall be so arranged that when dropped they will immediately sink. With a double mooring, however, it shall be permissible to connect two (2) mooring lines with a spreader line having floats attached thereto to keep said line afloat when the mooring is unoccupied.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

Mooring buoys shall be painted with the number allocated to the mooring at least three (3) inches in height.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

All moorings shall be kept in good and serviceable condition and in the assigned location at all times and the numbers thereon maintained in a legible condition.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

All vessels using moorings in a harbor shall be firmly anchored from bow and stern in such a manner as to prevent said vessels from swinging, turning or drifting, except in exposed areas designated as single mooring areas.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

Specifications for the size of chains required on moorings and weights of moorings shall be as adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

Each mooring shall be lifted by the owner for inspection by the Director or designee at least once every two (2) years and shall be repaired by the owner at his/her expense so as to be in good condition before being replaced; provided that the Director may require any mooring to be lifted at any time when deemed necessary to assure it is in good condition. If the owner has such lifting performed by a State licensed marine contractor, and then the Director may authorize said contractor to inspect the mooring on behalf of the Director and certify the results to the Director in writing.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)