§ 46-4-6.11 Town of Charlestown –Powers conferred. – (a) In addition to any authority or powers conferred upon the town council ofthe town of Charlestown, authority shall also be granted to the town council ofthe town of Charlestown to authorize it for the appointment of a harbormasterand by ordinance grant such authority as the town council may deem necessary tothe harbormaster for the enforcement and supervision of any ordinances, rules,and regulations governing the public waters within its jurisdiction, and toregulate by ordinance the speed, management, and control of all vessels, andthe size, type, location, and use of all anchorages and moorings within thepublic waters within the confines of the town, including, without limiting thegenerality of the foregoing, the authority and power to prohibit waterskiing onany said public waters, to designate upon a map of the public waters within thetown, the places where permanent or temporary moorings or anchorages may bemaintained, to assign moorings, to remove moorings, to collect a fee for theuse of moorings, to provide regulations for houseboats that are notself-propelled, to provide regulations for regattas, races, marine parades,tournaments, and exhibitions, to provide for the removal of wrecks or derelictsor abandoned boats, and to impose penalties for violators of the ordinances,not to exceed in amount one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment notexceeding ten (10) days in some jail or house of correction, for any oneoffense, the fines to be recovered to the use of the town. The town councilshall also have the authority to recover the cost of removing any wreck orderelicts or abandoned boats from the owner or persons responsible for thewrecks, derelicts, or abandoned boats by suit in either the district court orthe superior court of Washington County.
(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.
§ 46-4-6.11 Town of Charlestown –Powers conferred. – (a) In addition to any authority or powers conferred upon the town council ofthe town of Charlestown, authority shall also be granted to the town council ofthe town of Charlestown to authorize it for the appointment of a harbormasterand by ordinance grant such authority as the town council may deem necessary tothe harbormaster for the enforcement and supervision of any ordinances, rules,and regulations governing the public waters within its jurisdiction, and toregulate by ordinance the speed, management, and control of all vessels, andthe size, type, location, and use of all anchorages and moorings within thepublic waters within the confines of the town, including, without limiting thegenerality of the foregoing, the authority and power to prohibit waterskiing onany said public waters, to designate upon a map of the public waters within thetown, the places where permanent or temporary moorings or anchorages may bemaintained, to assign moorings, to remove moorings, to collect a fee for theuse of moorings, to provide regulations for houseboats that are notself-propelled, to provide regulations for regattas, races, marine parades,tournaments, and exhibitions, to provide for the removal of wrecks or derelictsor abandoned boats, and to impose penalties for violators of the ordinances,not to exceed in amount one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment notexceeding ten (10) days in some jail or house of correction, for any oneoffense, the fines to be recovered to the use of the town. The town councilshall also have the authority to recover the cost of removing any wreck orderelicts or abandoned boats from the owner or persons responsible for thewrecks, derelicts, or abandoned boats by suit in either the district court orthe superior court of Washington County.
(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.
§ 46-4-6.11 Town of Charlestown –Powers conferred. – (a) In addition to any authority or powers conferred upon the town council ofthe town of Charlestown, authority shall also be granted to the town council ofthe town of Charlestown to authorize it for the appointment of a harbormasterand by ordinance grant such authority as the town council may deem necessary tothe harbormaster for the enforcement and supervision of any ordinances, rules,and regulations governing the public waters within its jurisdiction, and toregulate by ordinance the speed, management, and control of all vessels, andthe size, type, location, and use of all anchorages and moorings within thepublic waters within the confines of the town, including, without limiting thegenerality of the foregoing, the authority and power to prohibit waterskiing onany said public waters, to designate upon a map of the public waters within thetown, the places where permanent or temporary moorings or anchorages may bemaintained, to assign moorings, to remove moorings, to collect a fee for theuse of moorings, to provide regulations for houseboats that are notself-propelled, to provide regulations for regattas, races, marine parades,tournaments, and exhibitions, to provide for the removal of wrecks or derelictsor abandoned boats, and to impose penalties for violators of the ordinances,not to exceed in amount one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment notexceeding ten (10) days in some jail or house of correction, for any oneoffense, the fines to be recovered to the use of the town. The town councilshall also have the authority to recover the cost of removing any wreck orderelicts or abandoned boats from the owner or persons responsible for thewrecks, derelicts, or abandoned boats by suit in either the district court orthe superior court of Washington County.
(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.
