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ORDINANCE NO.. O
AN ORDINANCE OF THE 'CITY OF:RENTON:, RELAT]NNG:.TO THE
WATERS WITHIN THE CITY: OF. RENTON, PROVIDIIIG FOR THE
CONTROL THEREOF; PRESCRIBING'THE:POWERS AVD DUTIES OF
THE. POLICE DEPARTMENT AND �OTHER .AUTHORIZEII PERSONS IN:
CONNECTION THEREWITH; DECIARING CERTAIN TE(INGS TO BE:
NUISANCES AND AUTHORIZING'THE ABATEMENT TIMREOF; DE
FINING OFFENSES AND PROVIDING;.PENALTIES THEREFOR AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF .ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY 'COUNCIL OF THE CITY: OF RENTON AS
SECTION It Authorization. The City of Renton in i:he exercise of its
police power hereby assumes control and jurisdiction over all waters within its limits,
Ah.d such waters shall, for' the purpose of this ordinance, be -known as "The Harbor".
SECTION 2: Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance:
a. "Anchorage' shall mean a designated position w1here vessels or
watercraft may Anchor or moor.
b. "Aquatic event" means any organized water event of.limited duration
which is duly sanctioned at least seven days iz advance by duly
constituted authority And which is conducted according to a pre-
arranged schedule and in which general public interest is manifested.
c. "Authorized onergency-vessel" shall mean any authorized vessel or
watercraft of the City Police Department, City Fire Department,
King County Sherif'f's: Department, the United States Government, and
State of`Washington authorized patrol vessels or watercraft.
d. "City" shall mean the City of Renton;"Police Department" shall
mean the Police Department of the City of Renton or any.other
Governmental enforcement agency duly constituted and authorized
by the City of Renton, by contract or otherwise.provided by law,
to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance.
e. "Diver's Flag`° shall mean.a red flag 5 units of measurement on the
hoist by 5 units of measurement on the fly with a white stripe of
1 unit crossing the red diagonally, "The flag to have a stiffener
to make it stand out from the pole or mast." This flag shall only
pertain to skin and SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing
Apparatus) diving and shall supplement any nationally recognized
diver's flag or marking.
f. "Master" shall mean the captain, skipper, pilot or any person having
charge of any vessel or watercraft.
g: "Obstruction1° shall mean any vessel or watercraft or any matter which
may in any way blockade, interfere with or endanger any vessel or
watercraft or impede navigation, or which cannot comply with the
"Pilot" Rules for Certain Inland Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific
Coasts and of the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
h. "Oil" shall mean any oil or liquid., whether of' animal, vegetable
or mineral origin, or a.mixture, compound or distillation thereof.
i. "Owner" means the person who has lawful possession of a vessel or
watercraft or obstruction by virtue of legal title or equitable
interest therein which entitles him to such Fossessiga.
J. "Person" shall, when necessary, be held and construed to.mean and
include natural persons, associations., copartnerships and
corporations, whether act.ing•by themselves or by a servant, agent
or employee; the s.ingular.number shall,.when necessary, .be held
to mean and include'the:p.lural, and the mascttline•p.ronoun to
include the feminine.
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k. "Pier" shall mean any pier, wharf, dock, float, gridiron or,other
structure to promote the convenient loading or unloading or other
discharge of vessels or watercraft, or the repair• thereof:
1. "Restricted area" shall mean an area that has been marked in
accordance with and as authorized by the laws or regulations of the
City to be used for, or closed to, certain designated purposes
such as swimming, skin-diving, ferry landings, and aquatic events,
the method of marking and designation of which shill have been made
by the Police Department in accordance.with the p.covisions of this
Ordinance
M. "Skin Diving's shall mean any free swimming person and/or any person
who uses an artificial or mechanical means to replace his air,
including self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, snorkel
tube equipment and free diving gear, but shall not mean swimmers
using patrolled public beaches designated as swimming areas.
n. "Towboat" shall mean any vessel or watercraft engaged in towing or
pushing another vessel or watercraft or auythin,g other than a
vessel or watercraft
o. "Vessel" means any contrivance 110 feet or more 9.n length overall,
used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on
water.
P. "Watercraftt° means any contrivance less than 110 feet in length
overall, used or capable of being used as a meads of transportation
on water. Aircraft, cribs or piles, shingleboli:s, booms of logs,
rafts of logs and rafts of lumber shall not be included within the
terms "watercraft" or "vessel", but shall be included within the
term"obstruction" when they shall be floating loose and not under
control or when under control and obotructing aay navigable
channel.
q. "Water Ski" shall mean all forms, manners, means, or contrivances
of person or persons being towed behind a motor boat.
SECTION 3. Duties of the Police Department. The duties of the Police
Department or any other governmental agency as hereinabove specified shall include
the following:
1. To enforce the ordinances and regulations of thecity upon the
waters of the harbor and adjacent thereto when the harbor is affected.
2. To maintain regular patrols in the harbor for the protection of
life and property including, but not limited to, the removal and
disposition of oil pollution, drifting debris F.nd nuisances from
the waters of the harbor.
3. To investigate and report upon marine_ and maritime accidents in
the harbor.
4. To perform all necesswy functions in connection with search and
rescue in the harbor.
5. To cooperate with the authorities of the United .States, the State
of Washington and its political subdivisions in the enforcement of
the laws and regulations of the United States, the State of
Washington and its political subdivision.
6. To designate, indicate the location of, and to patrol anchorage
locations for watercraft or vessels within areas set forth by the
ordinances of the city.
7. To establish, maintain and regulate the use of moorage buoys in
the harbor for the convenience of watercraft and vessels.
8. To designate restricted areas.
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SECTION 4. Application and Jurisdiction: 'The provisions of this
ordinance shall be applicable to all vessels and watercraft operating in the harbor
of this city. The provisions of this ordinance shall be construed to supplement
United States laws and State laws and regulations when not expressly inconsistent
therewith in the harbor where such United States and State Laws and regulations are
applicable.
SECTION 5. Negligent Operation Any person who shall operate any water-
craft in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property or
at a rate of speed greater than will permit him in the exercise of reasonable care
to bring the watercraft to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead, shall be
guilty of negligent operation and a violation of this ordinance.
SECTION 6: Reckless Operation. Any person who shall operate any water-
craft or vessel in a reckless manner so as to endanger the life or limb, or damage
the property of any person, shall be guilty of the crime of reckless operation and
a violation of this ordinance.
SECTION 7. Speed RRgulations. Within the harbor limits of the City of
Renton it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any watercraft or vessel at a
speed in excess of nautical miles per hour within 100 yards of any shoreline,
pier, restricted area or shore installation.
SECTION 8. Interference with Navigation: No person shall operate any
watercraft or vessel in a manner which shall unreasonably or unnecessarily interfere
with other watercraft or vessels or with the free and proper navigation of the water-
ways of the city. Anchoring or mooring under bridges or in heavily travelled
channels shall constitute such interference if unreasonable under the prevailing
circumstances.
SECTION 9 Tows: No tow boat shall tow any raft or boom of logs or piles
or other tow within the harbor area which is in excess of twelve hundred (1200) feet
in length.
SECTION 10. Obstructions and the Moving of Same:
a. No master or person having charge of any vessel, watercraft or
obstruction shall anchor the same in any anchorage or fairway nor
make the same fast to any buoy, pier or other structure owned by
or under the authority and control of the City without obtaining
permission therefor from the Police Department.
b. No master, owner or other person in charge of any towboat shall
while towing any vessel, watercraft or obstruction obstruct any
channel or fairway.
c. The Police Department or any duly authorized officer shall have the
power to order:
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1. any vessels watercraft or obstruction anchored in any
anchorage or fairway or made fast to any buoy, pier or
other structure owned by or under the authority and
control of the City
2. any towboat and/or its tow obstructing navigation in any
channel or fairway, and
3, any vessel, watercraft or obstruction lying at any pier
in the harbor which is obstructing any slip; fairway or
other vessel or watercraft
to be reamoved, and it shall be unlawful to fail, neglect or refuse
to do so.-
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o:SECTION 11; Sunken Vessels: When any vessel or watercraft or obstruction
has been sunk or grounded,,or has been delayed in such manner as to stop or seriously
interfere with or endanger navier.�-icn, the Police Department may order the same
immediately removed and if the owner, or other person in charge thereof, after being
so ordered, does not proceed immediately with such removal, the Police Department
may take immediate possession thereof and remove the same, using such methods as in
its judgment will prevent unnecessary damage to such vessel or watercraft or
obstruction, and the expense incurred by the Police Department in such removal shall
be paid by such vessel or watercraft or obstruction or the owner or other person in
charge thereof; and in case of failure to pay the same, the City may maintain an
action for the recovery thereof.
SECTION 12. Floating Objects. All vessels, watercraft, logs, piling
building material, scows, houseboats or any other article of value found adrift in
Renton Harbor, may be taken in charge by the Police Department and shall be subject
to reclamation by the owner thereof, on payment by him to the Cit- of any expenses
incurred by the City and in'case of failure to reclaim may be sold or disposed of
according to law.
SECTION 13: Intoxication.
a. It shall be unlawful for any person who is under the influence of
intoxicating .liquor or narcotic or habit-forming drugs to operate
or be in actual physical control of any vessel or watercraft.
b. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any vessel or watercraft or
any person having such in charge or in control to authorize.or
knowingly permit the same to be operated by any -person who is under
the influence of intoxicating liquor, narcotic or habit-forming
drugs.
c. Whenever it appears. reasonably certain to :any police officer that
any person under the influence of, or affected by the use of,
intoxicating.liquor or -of .any narcotic drug is about to operate
a watercraft or vessel in violation of sub -division (a) of this
section, said officer -may take reasonable measures to prevent any
such person from ,so doing,either by taking from him the keys of such
watercraft or vessel and locking the same, or by some other
appropriate means.. In any .such case said officer shall .immediately
report the facts to his superior and shall, as .soon aspossi.ble,
deposit said keys or other .articles, if :any, taken from said water-
craft or vessel or person with said superior officer,. Such .keys or
other articles .may be returned to any person upon his demand and
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proper identification of himself when it appears that he is no
longer under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug.
SECTION 14. Incapacity of Operator. It shall be unlawful for the owner
of any vessel or watercraft or any person having such in charge or in control to
authorize or knowingly permit the same to be operated by any person who by reason of
physical or mental disability is incapable of operating such vessel or watercraft
under the prevailing circumstances.
SECTION 15. Accidents. The operator of any watercraft involved in an
accident resulting in injury or death to any person or in damage to property shall
immediately stop such watercraft at the scene of such accident and shall give his
name, address, the name and/or number of his watercraft, and the name and address
of the owner, to the person struck or the operator or occupants of the vessel or
watercraft collided with or property damaged, and shall render to any person injured
in such an accident reasonable assistance.
SECTION 16. Accident Reports. The master, owner or operator of any
watercraft shall file a report within 48 hours with the Police Department of any
accident involving death or personal injury requiring medical treatment or property
damage in excess of $200.00 in which such watercraft shall have been involved in
Renton Harbor.
SECTION 17. Reports Confidential, Inadmissible as Evidence: All required
accident reports and supplemental reports and copies thereof shall be without
prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the
Police Department, City Attorney, or other peace and enforcement officer as provided
herein, except that any such officer may disclose the identity of a person reported
as involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such
person denies his presence at such accident. No such accident report or copy thereof
shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident,
except that any officer above named for receiving accident reports shall furnish,
upon demand of any person who has, or who claims to have, made such a report, or,
upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has
or has not been made to the Police Department, solely to prove a compliance or a
failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made in the manner
required by law.
SECTION 18: Overloading.
a. No watercraft shall be loaded with passengers or cargo beyond its
safe carrying capacity nor carry passengers in an unsafe manner
taking into consideration weather and other existing operating
conditions.
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b. Whenever it appears reasonably certain to any police officer that
any person is operating a watercraft or vessel loaded beyond its
safe capacity, said officer may take reasonable measures to prevent
any such person from so operating the cdit, either by taking from
him the keys of such craft and locking the same, or by other approp-
riate means. In any such case, said officer shall immediately report
the facts to his Superior and shall, as soon as possible, deposit
said keys or other articles, if any, taken from said watercraft or
vessel or person with said Superior officer. Such keys or other articles
may be returned to any person upon his demand and proper identificatio.
of himself when it appears that he is the owner of the watercraft and
the conditions under which the officer tock preventive measures no
longer exist.
SECT;0:1 19. Excessive Pcvier
a. 110 watercraft shall be with nny motor or other propulsion
machiner:r beyond its safe power capacity, taking into consideration
the type and construction of such watercraft and other existing
operatir_g ions.
b. Whenever it ap-)ears re^.sonably certain to any police officer that any
person in operating a watercraft or vessel, with a motor or propulsion
machiner_, whim is beyond safe power capacity, said officer may take
reasonable measures to prevent any such person from so operating the
craft, e'_t'_:er by taking from him the keys of such daft and locking
the same, or by other appropriate means.. In any such case, said
officer shall immediately report the facts to hissuperior officer of
the Police Department, and shall, as soon as possible, deposit said
keys or other a._--icles, if any, taken from said watercraft or vessel
or person with said Police Department. Such keys or other articles
may be returned to any person upon .his demand and proper ider.t:riCat4'-n
of himself when it appears that he is the owner of the watercraft and
the conditions under which the officer took preventive mea, -ores no
longer exist.
SECT_':°��."_ Restricted Areas. In the inTMe=eats of safe navigation, life,
sa.`ety and the protection_ of property, the Police Department shall designate
restricted areas and the purpose for which sine shall be used,. No person shall
operate a vessel or watercraft within a restricted P.re PMVIDED, that this section
shall not apply to ve els or watercraft er_gaaed in or accompanying the.nctivity to
which the area is restricted nor to patrol or rescus craft or in the case of an
emergency.
SECT -T -ON 21. Swimmir..g. Swimming ir_ the h: rbor shall be cor_f ned to
a. restricted sx..,Turning .areas, or
b. to within a e_strnce of f.ifr-> feet from the shore, or a pier
unless t'ze swimmer is accompanied by a watercraft.
SECT --!"T 22. Skin-Pi.vin�.. Skin-diving shall be prohibited in the harbor
�ithin .:,CC feet of any ferny slip, public boat .ramp, patrolled
public beach do _gnated as.a swimming area., except pursuant to
permit therefor issued by the Police Department and except for
commercial diving, or
b.. in any ether area unless the diver shall be accompanied by a
watercraft or the area in -which he is diving shall be marked
by an. adequately displayed diver's flag..
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SECTION 23. Water Skiing.
a. No watercraft which shall have in tow or shall be otherwise
assisting a person on water skis, aqua=plane, surf -board or similar
contrivances shall be operated or propelled in the harbor unless
such be occupied by at least two competent persons: PROVIDED, that
this subsection shall not apply to watercraft used in duly authorized
water ski tournaments, competitions, expositions, or trials therefor.
b. It shall be unlawful to water ski or to tow or otherwise assist any-
one on water skis, aqua -plane, surf -board or similiar contrivance
upon the following water: within 100 yards of shore installations
on Lake Washington and adjacent waters. Water skiers may start
at a shore installation but must head away from shore to a point
at least 100 yards before skiing parallel with the shore. The return
to the shore must be on a 90 degree angle to the shore line.
c. No watercraft shall have in tow or shall otherwise be assisting a
person on water skis, aqua -plane, surf -board or similar contrivance
from sunset to sunrise: PROVIDED, that this subsection shall not
apply to watercraft used in duly authorized water ski tournaments,
competitions, expositions, or trials therefor.
d. All watercraft having in tow or otherwise assisting a person on
water skis, aqua -plane, surf -board or similar contrivance, shall
be operated in a careful and prudent manner and shall remain at all
times at a reasonable and prudent manner and shall remain at all
times at a reasonable and prudent distance from the person and
property of others.
e. Any person on water skis, aqua -plane, surf -board or similar contrivance
shall conduct himself upon the same in a careful and prudent manner
and shall remain at all times a reasonable and prudent distance
from the person and property of others.
SECTION 24. Mufflers. It shall be unlawful to use or operate any engine in
or on Renton Harbor unless said engine is operated with and connected to a muffler
or silencer of sufficient size and capacity effectually to muffle and prevent
excessive or unusual noise from the exhaust of said engine.
SECTION 25. Whistles and Lights. It shall be unlawful for the master, owner
or any other person in charge of any watercraft or vessel, while lying at any pier
or while navigating in Renton Harbor, unnecessarily to cause any whistle or siren
to be blown or sounded, nor shall any person flash the rays of a searchlight or
other blinding light onto the bridge or into the pilot house of any vessel or water-
craft under way for any purpose other than those authorized by law.
SECTION 26. Equipment and Numbering. All watercraft or vessels shall
carry the equipment required by any applicable United States laws as now or here-
after amended, and shall be numbered or designated in accordance with any applicable
United States laws as now or hereafter amended.
SECTION 27. Racing. Nothing in the provisions of this ordinance shall
be construed to mean that the operator of a watercraft competing in a race or
regatta, or trials therefor, which has been duly authorized by an appropriate
governmental agency or authority, shall be prohibited from attempting to attain
high speeds on a duly designated and indicated racing course nor, while so engaged,
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shall such watercraft be required to comply with sections 24, 25 or 26 of this
ordinance.
SECTION 28. Fairways. All waters herein specified, subject to reserva-
tions for anchorage and restricted areas, shall be known as "Fairw"y" and shall not
be obstructed in any manner whereby navigation may be endangered or impeded, and
shall include, subject to such reservations, the following waters:
a. All of Lake Washington lying or being within the corporate limits
of the City of Renton or within the jurisdiction and control of
the City.
b. All navigable waters in the projection of public streets, lying
on the landward side of the other harbor line shall be fairway.
It shall be unlawful for the master or other person in charge of
any vessel, watercraft or obstruction to anchor, tie or make fast
the same in any such fairway for a longer period of time than
reasonably sufficient to load or unload the same except that the
Police Department may, in its discretion, grant any permit for the
use of any such fairway for a longer period of time whenever ir.-'.;
judgment such use will not interfere with the use of the fairway by
any other vessel.
SECTION 29. Anchorages: Lake Washington Anchorage: Whenever deemed
advisable by the Police Department, it may grant a written permit to the master or
owner of any vessel or watercraft for the anchorage or mooring of said vessel or
watercraft outside of the outer harbor line, or in any unused slip, or in any stre-t
end,.on Lake Washington, at such locations as it' shall determine will not interfere
with or impede navigation.
SECTION 30. Aircr ft on the Water. All. vessels or watercraft shall keep
clear of aircraft landing within any area now or hereafter set aside by law for such
purpose. Aircraft on the water shall keep clear of all vessels and watercraft and
avoid impeding their navigation.
SECTION 31. Rules of the Road. Except as herein otherwise specified,
vessels or watercraft shall be subject to the "Rules to Prevent Collisions of
Vessels and Pilot Rules for Certain Inland Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
and of the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico" (C.F. 236479), promulgated by the United
States Coast Guard, pursuant to Act of Congress, as such rules are now or may
hereafter from time to time be adopted.
SECTION 32. C:—✓, —c--- The Police Department shall be the sole judge
of any and all use made of any city buoy and f decision as to the same shall be
final and conclusive.
SECTION33. Propellers. No master, owner or other person in charge of
any vessel or watercraft shall, while the same is lying in any slip or at .any pier,
either cause or allow the propeller or wheel of such vessel or watercraft to be
worked in such a manner as to endanger any other vessel, watercraft, or structure.
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SECTION 34: Explosives: Every vessel or watercraft approaching or passing
any vessel or watercraft engaged in the transfer of explosives and from which is
displayed the red powder flag shall slow down to a speed of not exceeding six (6)
nautical miles an hour before coming abreast of such vessel or watercraft and in time
to prevent accident by reason of swells.
SECTION 35. Unsafe Piers. Whenever any pier or gangway devoted to passenger
traffic shall be damaged or appear to the Police Department to become unsafe so as
to render the same, or any portion thereof, unsafe for life or property, the Police
Department shall report the otter to the City Superintendent of Buildings who shall
inspect the same and shall order any unsafe portion thereof barricaded with proper
fencing until such time as necessary repairs thereto shall be made, and if the owner,
agent or lessee of such pier shall fail to comply with the orders of the City
Superintendent of Buildings immediately, the City Superintendent of Buildings shall
prohibit the use of the unsafe portion of such pier and may erect the neceseary
fencing or barricade and the expense thereof shall be paid by and recoverable from
the owner, agent or lessee of such pier to the City.
SECTION 36. Pier Lits. In the interests of safe navigation and the
protection of property the Police Department shall establish standards for the
lighting of piers in the harbor. B;:tween the hours of sunset and sunrise all piers
shall be kept lighted in accordance with the requirements of the Police Department.
All walks, passageways, openings or gangways upon any pier upon or through which
passengers may pass shall be kept adequately lighted between sunset and sunrise.
SECTION 37. Safety Devices: Every owner, agent or lessee having charge of
any commercial pier shall furnish and keep for use on such pier at least one (1)
serviceable thirty -inch ring life buoy, and one (1) serviceable thirty -inch ring life
buoy for every three hundred (300) lineal feet of berthing space to each of which
shall be attached at least two hundred (200) feet of suitable line, one end of which
shall be fastened to the ring buoy. Each ring buoy and line attached thereto, shall
be kept in a suitable box on the pier for the use of the public in case of accident,
which box shall be properly labeled and be at all times kept clear of obstructions,
and it shall be unlawful to take away, molest, injure or destroy the same or either
of them or to disturb the same, or either of them, except for use in saving life
and property.
SECTION 38. Pier Barriers. Every owner, lessee or agent of any pier open
to the public use to or from vessels or watercraft or for any other purpose, shall
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guard the frontage of any highway by substantial and adequate fences or other barriers
and shall guard the sides and face thereof in a similar manner if used as a thorough-
fare to or from any vessel or watercraft. All necessary openings or passages in such
fences or barriers shall be provided with substantial gates which shall be closed
and securely fastened when not in use.
SECTION 39. Roadway Barriers. Any person owning or operating or having
control of any trestle, road or roadway or spur track over or upon the Harbor which
is open to the public as a way for travel, shall guard the same by .adequate fences
or barriers along the side or sides thereof, and at any or all other exposed or
dangerous places and where not open as a way for travel substantial and adequate
fences or barriers shall be provided to prevent the use of the same by the public,
and upon failure so to do, the Police Department shall order such facility closed, or
may close the same until the same shall be made to conform to the requirements hereof,
and any expense incurred in so doing shall be paid to, and recoverable by, the
City of Renton from the person owning or operating the same.
SECTION 40. Dangerous_Gangways. Whenever any gangway devoted to public
use shall appear to be dangerous to the Police Department for such use, it shall
report the matter to the City Superintendent of Buildings who shall inspect the same
and shall forbid the use of such gangway for such purpose until the sane shall have
been repaired or reconstructed so as to render the same safe for such use and until
the same shall have been repaired or reconstructed so as to render the same safe for
such use and until the same as so reconstructed or repaired has been inspected by *l,.e
City Superintendent of Buildings and its use for such purpose approved by him.
SECTION 41. Boilers: It shall be unlawful for the master of any vessel
or watercraft or the engineer or person in charge of any engine or fire room thereof,
to blow down boilers and/or tubes or emit soot therefrom or cause or allow the same
to be done while lying at any pier, except through an underwater exhaust or outlet.
SECTION 42. Drifting Debris. It shall be unlawful for the owner, agent or
lessees in charge of any pier to allow the whole or any part thereof to fall into or
remain adrift in the navigable waters or to drift away. Fender piles, broken or
loose, shall be removed by the owner, agent or lessee of any pier, and upon failure
so to do, the same may be removed by the Police Department and the expense thereof
shall be paid by and recoverable from the owner, agent or lessee of such pier to the
City.
SECTION 43: Oil No owner, master or other person in charge of any vessel
or watercraft, and no engineer, or other person in charge of any engine room or
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machinery of any vessel or watercraft, and no owner, lessee, agent, employee, or
other person in charge of or employed in or about any pier, or other structure, ..and
no person along or upon the shore of the Harbor, shall spill, throw, pump or
otherwise cause oil of any description to be or float upon the waters of the Harbor.
Any person causing oil to be upon the waters of the harbor as aforesaid shall remove
the same and upon his failure so to do, the same may be removed by the Police Depart-
ment and the expense thereof shall be paid by and recoverable from the person causing
said oil to be upon the water. The payment of such sum, or the maintenance of an
action therefor, shall not be deemed:_to exempt such person from prosecution for
causing such oil spillage.
SECTION 44. Nuisances. Sunken vessels or watercraft, refuse of all kinds,.
structures or pieces of any structure, dock sweepings, dead fish or parts thereof,
AM! POC*W dead animals or parts thereof, timber, logs, piles, boon
sticks, lumber, boxes, empty containers and oil of any kind floating uncontrolled
on the water, and all other substances or articles of a similar nature, are hereby
declared to be public nuisances and it shall be unlawful for any person to throw or
place in, or cause or permit to be thrown or placed any of the above named articles
or substances in Renton Harbor, or upon the shores thereof or in such position that
the same may or can be washed into said harbor, either by high tides, storms, floo-'s
or otherwise. Any person causing or permitting said nuisances to be placed as
aforesaid shall remove the same and upon his failure so to do, the same may be
removed by the Police Department and the expense thereof shall be paid by and re-
coverable from the person creating said nuisance. In all cases such nuisances may
be.abated in the manner provided by law. Theabatement of any such public nuisances
shall not excuse the person responsible therefor from prosecution hereunder.
SECTION 45. City Floats: All City floats or piers now or hereafter
established, except as hereinafter specified, may be used by watercraft for dockage
purposes, other than the handling of freight, free of charge for lying time not to
exceed 48 consecutive hours at any one time. After such period the use of such
facilities shall be only with the written permission and at the sole discretion of
Police Department.
SECTION 46. ObsttuctiRB..Txaffid The determination of the Police Depart -
went shall be final.and conclusive as.to all questions relating to the handling of:
freight or merchandise or. as to the position:of:any vessel or watercraft at any pier
or other structure belonging to the City of Renton, and all persons handling or in
charge of freight or merchandise or vessels or watercraft, shall handle the same
expeditiously and without interference with or blocking general traffic and without
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interfering with commerce and navigation.
SECTION 47. Fire Piers: No passengers, freight or merchandise shall be
handled over any location designated for the use of fire boats or other emergency
vessels, nor shall such location be used for any purpose whatever other than municipal
purposes.
SECTION 48. Patrol Floats: The Police Department shall designate locations
for such floats as may be necessary for patrol boats and shall prescribe rules and
regulations for the use of such floats.
SECTION 49. Accounting: The Police Department shall keep accurate and
detailed account of all moneys received or disbursed by it in the performance of its
duties, which books of account shall be furnished by and be the property of the City
of Renton which shall at all times, within office hours, be open to inspection by
the public and at all times to inspection and audit by the proper department,or
departments of the city.
SECTION 50. Public Health: All watercraft and vessels entering or in the
harbor shall comply with the applicable public health laws and regulations of the
United States, the State of Washington and its political subdivisions.
SECTION 51. Boat Livery Records: The owner or proprietor of a boat
livery shall cause to be kept a record of the name and address of the person or
persons hiring any watercraft, the identification number of such watercraft, the
departure date and time of the return of such watercraft. Such record shall be
preserved for not less than six months after the departure date of such watercraft
and shall be kept available for inspection by any duly authorized agency or authority.
Prior to departure from the premises of such boat livery any such watercraft shall
carry the equipment required by this ordinance.
SECTION 52. Liability for Damages: Nothing in this ordinance shall be
construed so as to release any person owning or controlling any vessel, watercraft,
pier, obstruction or other structure, from any liability for damages, and the safe-
guards to life and property required in this ordinance shall not be construed as
relieving any person from installing and maintaining all other safeguards that may be
required by law.
SECTION 53. Enforcement. The Police Department and any of its authorized
deputies or employees and authorized personnel of the governments of the United
States, the State of Washington or its political subdivision by virtue of their
election or appointment shall have authority to enter upon and inspect any vessel
or watercraft in the harbor and are hereby charged with the enforcement of the
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provisions of this ordinance except as the enforcement thereof is herein otherwise
specified. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to make complaints for any
violation of the same, or any part hereof in the name of the City; provided, that
this provision shall not operate to preclude the making of such complaint by any
other person legally authorized so to do.
SECTION 54. Release from Arrest on Notice to Appear: Whenever any person
is arrested for any violation of this Ordinance the arresting officer may serve upon
him a citation and notice to appear in court. The arrested person, in order to secure
release, and when permitted by the arresting officer, must give his written promise
to appear in court, as required by the citation and notice by signing in the approp-
riate place the written citation and notice served by the arresting officer. Upon
the arrested person's failing or refusing to sign such written promise, he may be
taken into the custody of such arresting officer and so remain or be placed in
confinement.
SECTION 55: Public Employees to Obey Harbor Ordinance:. The provisions
of this Ordinance shall apply to the operator of any vessel or watercraft owned by or
used in the service of the United States Government, or of this State or of any
political subdivision thereof.
SECTION 56: Exemption to Authorized Emergency Vessels and Watercraft:
The provisions of this Ordinance shall be applicable to the operation of any and all
vessels or watercraft in the Harbor of the City except that they shall not apply in
the following cases:
1. To any authorized emergency vessel or watercraft actually responding
to an emergency call or in immediate pursuit of an actual or sus-
pected violator of the law, within the purpose for which such
emergency vessel or watercraft has been authorized; provided, that
the provisions of this section shall not relieve the operator of an
authorized emergency vessel or watercraft of the duty to operate with
due regard for the safety of all persons using the City Harbor, nor
shall it protect the operator of any such emergency vessel or water-
craft from the consequence of a reckless disregard for the safety of
others: Provided further, the provisions of this section shall in
no event extend any special privilege or immunity in operation of an
authorized emergency vessel or watercraft for any purpose other than
for which the same has been authorized.
SECTION 57: Aiding and Abetting Violation: It is unlawful to counsel,
aid, or abet the violation of, or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this
ordinance
SECTION 57A Filing of False Information and Concealment of Pertinent Facts
It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any master, owner, operator or other
occupants of any vessel or watercraft involved in a reportable accident under the
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provisions of this ordinance or involved in any violation of this ordinance to
willfully and knowingly file false information and/or,conceal pertinent facts to the
accident or violation with the persons duly authorized to investigate the said
accident or v:blation. This section shall constitute a separate violation and shall
not preclude prosecution for the original violation or accident.
SECTION 58. Emergency .powers! The Police Department is hereby authorized
to direct all waterborne traffic, either in person or by means of visible or audible
signal in conformance with the provisions of this ordinance: Provided, that where
necessary to expedite waterborne traffic, or to prevent or eliminate congestion or
to safeguard persons or property, such officers, or in the event of a fire or other
emergency such officers and other authorized officers of appropriate governmental
agencies or authorities, may direct waterborne traffic as conditions may require,
notwithstanding the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 59. Penalty: Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with
any provision of this ordinance, or any lawful order or direction of the Police
Department or any person or officer charged with the enforcement hereof, shall,
on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine in any sun not exceeding Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the city jail for a term not to exceed three
(3) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 60. Preservation of Actions: This ordinance shall not affect
pending actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, or defenses thereto, but the
same may be prosecuted or defended with the same effect as though this ordinance
had not been passed. No cause of action or defense thereto, heretofore arising
under any of the ordinances hereby repealed shall abate by reason of the passage of
this ordinance whether such action has been commenced or such defense interposed or
not, but all such actions may be brought and such defenses interposed with the same
effect as though said ordinance had not been repealed.
SECTION 61: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby expressly repealed.
SECTION 62. Saving Clause: In the event any section or provision of this
ordinance shall be held invalid or of no effect, such decision shall not effect the
validity of any other section or provision thereof.
SECTION 63: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on. 44d ztfl&-
the day ofey„�, 1963 and after its approval, passage and legalpsbl:icdtion.
PASSEDBY THE CITY COUNCIL thieaA day of �' 1963.'
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR thisG?"-day o
APPROVED,AS TO FORM:
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DATE O r'�1 s �s..;�� 1'r' •�•� SSP 4 1963