Ventura County Municipal Code Art. 1 Definitions

Unless otherwise stated herein, the following definitions shall apply to the provisions of this Ordinance:

"Aid to navigation" means any "waterway marker" or other "aid to navigation" as defined in Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 7001(a) and (c), e.g., any device designed to be placed in, on or near the water to convey an official message to a vessel operator on matters which may affect health, safety, or well being.

(Ord. No. 4439, 8-9-2011)

"Aquaplane, water skis, or similar device" includes all forms of water skiing, barefoot skiing, skiing on skim boards, knee boards, or other contrivances, parasailing, kite surfing, or any activity where a person is towed behind or alongside a boat.

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"Beach" means any beach in or adjacent to Channel Islands Harbor.

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"Board" means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura.

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"County" means the County of Ventura.

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"Director" means that person appointed as Director of the Harbor Department or his or her delegee.

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"Fairway" means the open waterway, space or path between slip fingers used for the ingress and egress of vessels to their slip.

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"Float" means wharf, slip, pier, dock, quay or landing, which may be used for the transfer of passengers and/or goods and/or for mooring purposes.

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"Harbor" shall mean the Channel Islands Harbor area as described in Exhibit A attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

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To "moor" means to secure, fasten, affix, or tie up any vessel to or upon any land, submerged land, mooring, fixture, or structure within the Harbor. To "moor" shall also mean to maintain or keep a place, space, float, fixture, or structure within said Harbor for the doing of any of the above acts.

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"Mooring" means any weight, chain, rope, float, structure, or appliance used by a vessel for mooring purposes which is not carried aboard such vessel as regular equipment under way.

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"Motorvessel" (or "motorboat") means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion, but shall not include a vessel that has a valid marine document issued by the United States Coast Guard or a federal agency successor thereto.

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"Outer Harbor" shall mean the Channel Islands Harbor area described in Exhibit B attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

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"Permit" shall mean any agreement granted by and under the authority of the Harbor Director to a person to conduct a special event, commercial activity, or to reside on a vessel.

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"Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other entity, but does not include the United States, the state, or a municipality or subdivision thereof.

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"Race" means any contest of speed.

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"Refuse" means anything within the meaning of "garbage" as defined in Health and Safety Code section 117475.

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"Seaworthy" means a vessel is not an immediate threat to the public's safety or welfare due to pollution or a lack of sanitation (or otherwise poses no immediate threat to the public or the marine environment). For example, a vessel is not seaworthy if it is leaking or spilling fuel, is listing or has so little freeboard that it is likely to capsize, or is otherwise unseaworthy for any reason specified in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 6550.5, subdivision (e).

(Ord. No. 4439, 8-9-2011)

"Stray vessel" means one that is:

(a) Abandoned;

(b) Of unknown ownership;

(c) Moored without permission; or

(d) Underway without a competent person in command.

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"Ultralight" shall be defined to be a vehicle that is used or intended to be used for manned flight by a single occupant; is intended to be used for recreation or sport purposes only, and does not have any United States or foreign airworthiness certificate.

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"Vessel" includes every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except either of the following: (1) a seaplane on the water and (2) a watercraft designed to operate on a permanently fixed course, the movement of which is restricted to a fixed track or arm to which the watercraft is attached or by which the watercraft is attached or by which the watercraft is controlled.

(Ord. No. 4439, 8-9-2011)