Orange County Municipal Code Art. 8 Pier and Docking Regulations

No person having charge of any vessel shall make the same fast to the front of any pier in a harbor without the consent of the owner, agent or person in charge of any such pier. Director or designee may impound any vessel which has made fast to any pier without consent of pier owner after Director or designee has been notified that vessel is illegally moored. Owner of said vessel shall reimburse the County for all costs associated with the removal of the vessel.

No person shall make fast any vessel to any other vessel already occupying the front of any pier, either public or private, without first obtaining permission of the Director.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

Every vessel lying at any pier in a harbor shall be fastened thereto with such lines, at least from both bow and stern, and in such a manner as to assure the security of such vessel.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

No person shall load or unload gunpowder, giant powder, dynamite or any other explosive to or from any vessel from or upon any pier or other vessel in a harbor without first obtaining a permit so to do from the Director and paying therefor a fee, said fee to be based on rates to be set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors on the basis of the County's cost for inspections of said operations to insure the safety of the public, and without otherwise complying with all the rules and regulations governing the loading and unloading of explosives.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

No person shall fuel any vessel with any petroleum product directly from a tank wagon or truck. (Uniform Fire Code 79.910 8(d)5.1988)

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

Every vessel used for hire while loading or unloading passengers or crew from a pier or from another vessel shall be provided with a gangway with manropes or railings, and from sunset until sunrise any such gangway shall be lighted adequately to provide visibility as long as such gangway is or may be used, but shielded so as not to constitute a nuisance to frontage occupants or to interfere with navigation.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

No person shall use any donkey engine or other steam engine on any pier or vessel within a harbor in loading or unloading vessels or otherwise without a bonnet or spark arrester attached to the smokestack of such engine so as to prevent sparks from coming into contact with the pier or vessel.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)

If the Director shall determine that any pier or dock is in a defective or dangerous condition, and that the safe operation of the harbor requires that its further uses in said condition be prohibited, he/she shall immediately notify the owner or other person having charge of the same in writing, and require such person or persons to immediately repair it or to put up barriers to prevent persons from going upon it. If such person shall fail or neglect to do so, then the Director may place barriers as necessary for the protection of the public and charge the cost thereof to such person, and it shall be a violation of this article for any person to interfere with any such barrier.

If any pier, or any portion thereof, or any material on such pier shall fall into the waters of the harbor, it shall be the duty of the owner, agent or lessee of such pier to forthwith remove the same from the waters of the harbor and, if they shall fail to do so, then the Director may do so. The owner, agent or lessee of such pier shall reimburse the County for the cost of said removal. Should said person fail to do so, then the Director may take such action as he/she deems appropriate to recover said expenses, including the commencement of a civil action.

(Ord. No. 99-21, § 1, 8-31-99)