Ventura County Municipal Code Art. 7 Regulations Covering Mooring, Floats, and Other Harbor Facilities

The Director is hereby vested with authority over and control of all floats, docks and other facilities owned, leased, controlled, constructed and maintained by a lessee in any of the County facilities under the jurisdiction of the Harbor Department.

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

The lessee of any premises within the Harbor where privately owned vessels are regularly or occasionally berthed, moored, or stored shall take or cause to take all reasonable precautions to assure the safekeeping of such vessels at all times.

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

No person shall build or extend any float, bulkhead, seawall, or structure of any kind whatsoever, or dredge or excavate or cause any dredging or excavating to be done within the Harbor or Outer Harbor, unless plans of the proposed work shall have been submitted to and a construction permit obtained from the necessary outside agencies and the Director prior to the commencement of any work.

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

No person shall leave any vessel or permit any vessel to remain unattended at or alongside any public float without first obtaining the written permission of the Director.

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

No person shall moor a vessel for more than two (2) hours in any County slip or mooring, unless prior to expiration of such time, the Director grants permission for the vessel to be moored for a longer time.

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

Every person, whether on official business or otherwise, who intends to moor or moors a vessel in any slip or mooring for more than two (2) hours shall, at the first opportunity, register the fact of such mooring with the Director.

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

No person shall make fast to public docks or landings marked "Loading Zone" for more than twenty (20) minutes, except with the permission of the Director.

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

No person shall store any highly inflammable material in lockers on marina docks, except that paint products in tightly closed metal containers may be stored in such lockers. The slip management will make periodic checks on the contents of such lockers. No person shall store oily rags or rags with paint in such lockers. No person shall fuel vessels at other than approved marine fuel facilities.

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

No person shall use fire on board any vessel in the Harbor or Outer Harbor for the purpose of heating pitch, tar, or other flammable substances. No person shall make or maintain a bonfire or open fire for the burning of rubbish or refuse material or for cooking in the Harbor at any time, except that the use of a hibachi or self-contained barbecue is permitted on the open deck of vessels provided conditions for such use are safe.

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

No person, including an owner of any vessel in the Harbor, shall use or permit the use of paint spray guns. No person shall burn paint or permit its burning on topsides of vessels while in the Harbor or Outer Harbor, except in the designated boatyard work areas specifically provided therefor. No person shall weld or use a burning torch without first obtaining a permit for such work from the Director.

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

No person shall store or leave equipment, materials, debris, etc., on docks or fingers. Any steps used for access to a boat shall not extend more than one-half (½) the distance across the width of any fingers. No portion of a vessel shall overhang a dock or walkway nor extend more than three (3) feet into a fairway.

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

As and to the extent set forth in Harbors and Navigation Code Section 661, the owner of any vessel assumes the risk of damage or loss of his property while it is within the jurisdictional limitations of the County. The County assumes no risk on account of fire, theft, act of God, conditions of the sea, or damages of any kind to vessels.

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