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SECTION 46-4-6.8

   § 46-4-6.8  Town of Narragansett –Powers conferred. – (a) The provisions of § 46-22-14 or any other provisions of the generallaws notwithstanding and in addition to any authority and powers conferred uponthe town council of the town of Narragansett, authority shall also be grantedto the town council of the town of Narragansett to authorize the appointment ofa harbormaster, assistant harbormasters, and a Harbor Management Committee andto enact such ordinances as the town council may deem necessary or desirablefor the enforcement and supervision of any ordinances, rules, and regulationsgoverning the public waters within its jurisdiction, to regulate by ordinancethe speed, management, and control of all vessels and the size, type, location,and use of all anchorages and moorings within the public waters within theconfines of the town including, without limiting the generality of theforegoing, the authority and power to prohibit waterskiing of any of the publicwaters, to provide for the regulation of skin diving, and scuba diving, todesignate upon a map of the public waters within the town the places wherepermanent or temporary moorings or anchorages may be maintained, to assignmoorings, to remove moorings, to set and collect a fee for the use of moorings,to provide for minimum mooring specifications, to provide regulations forhouseboats that are not self-propelled, to provide regulations for regattas,races, marine parades, tournaments, and exhibitions, to provide for the removalof wrecks or derelicts or abandoned boats or docks, and to impose penalties forviolation of the ordinances, not exceeding in amount one hundred dollars ($100)or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days for any one offense, the fines tobe recovered to the use of the town. The town council shall also have theauthority to recover the cost of removing any wreck or derelicts or abandonedboats or docks from the owner or persons responsible for the wrecks, derelicts,abandoned boats, or docks by suit in either the district court or the superiorcourt 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.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-46 > Chapter-46-4 > 46-4-6-8

SECTION 46-4-6.8

   § 46-4-6.8  Town of Narragansett –Powers conferred. – (a) The provisions of § 46-22-14 or any other provisions of the generallaws notwithstanding and in addition to any authority and powers conferred uponthe town council of the town of Narragansett, authority shall also be grantedto the town council of the town of Narragansett to authorize the appointment ofa harbormaster, assistant harbormasters, and a Harbor Management Committee andto enact such ordinances as the town council may deem necessary or desirablefor the enforcement and supervision of any ordinances, rules, and regulationsgoverning the public waters within its jurisdiction, to regulate by ordinancethe speed, management, and control of all vessels and the size, type, location,and use of all anchorages and moorings within the public waters within theconfines of the town including, without limiting the generality of theforegoing, the authority and power to prohibit waterskiing of any of the publicwaters, to provide for the regulation of skin diving, and scuba diving, todesignate upon a map of the public waters within the town the places wherepermanent or temporary moorings or anchorages may be maintained, to assignmoorings, to remove moorings, to set and collect a fee for the use of moorings,to provide for minimum mooring specifications, to provide regulations forhouseboats that are not self-propelled, to provide regulations for regattas,races, marine parades, tournaments, and exhibitions, to provide for the removalof wrecks or derelicts or abandoned boats or docks, and to impose penalties forviolation of the ordinances, not exceeding in amount one hundred dollars ($100)or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days for any one offense, the fines tobe recovered to the use of the town. The town council shall also have theauthority to recover the cost of removing any wreck or derelicts or abandonedboats or docks from the owner or persons responsible for the wrecks, derelicts,abandoned boats, or docks by suit in either the district court or the superiorcourt 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.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-46 > Chapter-46-4 > 46-4-6-8

SECTION 46-4-6.8

   § 46-4-6.8  Town of Narragansett –Powers conferred. – (a) The provisions of § 46-22-14 or any other provisions of the generallaws notwithstanding and in addition to any authority and powers conferred uponthe town council of the town of Narragansett, authority shall also be grantedto the town council of the town of Narragansett to authorize the appointment ofa harbormaster, assistant harbormasters, and a Harbor Management Committee andto enact such ordinances as the town council may deem necessary or desirablefor the enforcement and supervision of any ordinances, rules, and regulationsgoverning the public waters within its jurisdiction, to regulate by ordinancethe speed, management, and control of all vessels and the size, type, location,and use of all anchorages and moorings within the public waters within theconfines of the town including, without limiting the generality of theforegoing, the authority and power to prohibit waterskiing of any of the publicwaters, to provide for the regulation of skin diving, and scuba diving, todesignate upon a map of the public waters within the town the places wherepermanent or temporary moorings or anchorages may be maintained, to assignmoorings, to remove moorings, to set and collect a fee for the use of moorings,to provide for minimum mooring specifications, to provide regulations forhouseboats that are not self-propelled, to provide regulations for regattas,races, marine parades, tournaments, and exhibitions, to provide for the removalof wrecks or derelicts or abandoned boats or docks, and to impose penalties forviolation of the ordinances, not exceeding in amount one hundred dollars ($100)or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days for any one offense, the fines tobe recovered to the use of the town. The town council shall also have theauthority to recover the cost of removing any wreck or derelicts or abandonedboats or docks from the owner or persons responsible for the wrecks, derelicts,abandoned boats, or docks by suit in either the district court or the superiorcourt 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.