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SECTION 46-4-6.10

   § 46-4-6.10  Town of New Shoreham –Powers conferred. – (a) The provisions of § 46-22-14, or any other provisions of the generallaws notwithstanding, and in addition to any authority or powers conferred uponthe town council of the town of New Shoreham authority shall also be granted tothe town council of the town of New Shoreham to authorize it for theappointment of a harbormaster and by ordinance grant such authority as the towncouncil may deem necessary to the harbormaster for the enforcement andsupervision of any ordinances, rules, and regulations governing the publicwaters within its jurisdiction, and to regulate by ordinance the speed,management, and control of all vessels, and the size, type, location, and useof all anchorages and moorings within the public waters within the confines ofthe town, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, theauthority and power to prohibit waterskiing on any public waters, to designateupon a map of the public waters within the town, the places where permanent ortemporary moorings or anchorages may be maintained, to assign moorings, toremove moorings, to collect a fee for the use of moorings, to provideregulations for houseboats that are not self-propelled, to provide regulationsfor regattas, races, marine parades, tournaments, and exhibitions, to providefor the removal of wrecks or derelicts or abandoned boats or docks, and toimpose penalties for violators of the ordinances, not to exceed in amount onehundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days in some jailor house of correction, for any one offense, the fines to be recovered to theuse of the town. The town council shall also have the authority to recover thecost of removing any wreck or derelicts or abandoned boats or docks from theowner or persons responsible for the wrecks, derelicts, abandoned boats, ordocks by suit in either the district court or the superior court of WashingtonCounty.

   (b) No powers or duties granted herein shall be construed toabrogate the powers or duties granted to the coastal resources managementcouncil as provided in chapter 23 of this title, as amended.

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SECTION 46-4-6.10

   § 46-4-6.10  Town of New Shoreham –Powers conferred. – (a) The provisions of § 46-22-14, or any other provisions of the generallaws notwithstanding, and in addition to any authority or powers conferred uponthe town council of the town of New Shoreham authority shall also be granted tothe town council of the town of New Shoreham to authorize it for theappointment of a harbormaster and by ordinance grant such authority as the towncouncil may deem necessary to the harbormaster for the enforcement andsupervision of any ordinances, rules, and regulations governing the publicwaters within its jurisdiction, and to regulate by ordinance the speed,management, and control of all vessels, and the size, type, location, and useof all anchorages and moorings within the public waters within the confines ofthe town, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, theauthority and power to prohibit waterskiing on any public waters, to designateupon a map of the public waters within the town, the places where permanent ortemporary moorings or anchorages may be maintained, to assign moorings, toremove moorings, to collect a fee for the use of moorings, to provideregulations for houseboats that are not self-propelled, to provide regulationsfor regattas, races, marine parades, tournaments, and exhibitions, to providefor the removal of wrecks or derelicts or abandoned boats or docks, and toimpose penalties for violators of the ordinances, not to exceed in amount onehundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days in some jailor house of correction, for any one offense, the fines to be recovered to theuse of the town. The town council shall also have the authority to recover thecost of removing any wreck or derelicts or abandoned boats or docks from theowner or persons responsible for the wrecks, derelicts, abandoned boats, ordocks by suit in either the district court or the superior court of WashingtonCounty.

   (b) No powers or duties granted herein shall be construed toabrogate the powers or duties granted to the coastal resources managementcouncil as provided in chapter 23 of this title, as amended.


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SECTION 46-4-6.10

   § 46-4-6.10  Town of New Shoreham –Powers conferred. – (a) The provisions of § 46-22-14, or any other provisions of the generallaws notwithstanding, and in addition to any authority or powers conferred uponthe town council of the town of New Shoreham authority shall also be granted tothe town council of the town of New Shoreham to authorize it for theappointment of a harbormaster and by ordinance grant such authority as the towncouncil may deem necessary to the harbormaster for the enforcement andsupervision of any ordinances, rules, and regulations governing the publicwaters within its jurisdiction, and to regulate by ordinance the speed,management, and control of all vessels, and the size, type, location, and useof all anchorages and moorings within the public waters within the confines ofthe town, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, theauthority and power to prohibit waterskiing on any public waters, to designateupon a map of the public waters within the town, the places where permanent ortemporary moorings or anchorages may be maintained, to assign moorings, toremove moorings, to collect a fee for the use of moorings, to provideregulations for houseboats that are not self-propelled, to provide regulationsfor regattas, races, marine parades, tournaments, and exhibitions, to providefor the removal of wrecks or derelicts or abandoned boats or docks, and toimpose penalties for violators of the ordinances, not to exceed in amount onehundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days in some jailor house of correction, for any one offense, the fines to be recovered to theuse of the town. The town council shall also have the authority to recover thecost of removing any wreck or derelicts or abandoned boats or docks from theowner or persons responsible for the wrecks, derelicts, abandoned boats, ordocks by suit in either the district court or the superior court of WashingtonCounty.

   (b) No powers or duties granted herein shall be construed toabrogate the powers or duties granted to the coastal resources managementcouncil as provided in chapter 23 of this title, as amended.