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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-OR-30 ORDINANCE NO. 85-OR-30 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE III OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of jeffersonville that Article III of Chapter 13 of the jeffersonville City Code is hereby amended as follows: Section 13-52. License required. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct any boat dock, slip or harbor facility on that part which fronts o~ East and West Riverside Street and Fort Street withDut a license Parks and Recreation. Section 13-53. License application. of the Ohio River Drive between Watt from the Board of Any person desiring the license required by this article shall make application upon forms provided by the Board of Parks and Recreation. Any individual desiring a license must 13-52 is granted, the pay to the Board of Parks and Recreation such may be designated by the Board and paid on or provide proof of ownership of a boat. Section 13-54. License fee. If a license required by Section applicant shall license fee as before April 1. Section 13-55. Term of license. The term of the license required by this article shall be one year. Section 13-56. Construction and maintenance of facility as condition to granting license. It shall be a condition to granting the license required by this article that the applicant for same shall, at his own cost, build and maintain his own docking facility. Section 13-57. Nontransferability of space as condition to granting of license. It shall be a condition to the granting of required by this article that the holder of same assign the licese shall not or transfer his docking space so licensed to any other person. Section 13-58. Cancellation of license; removal of facility; the owner Works and and shall owner received notice from the Board of of the cancellation of the license. Section 13-59. Size of docks, slips, etc. Any dock, .slip or facility built in connection with any license required by this article shall be not less than twenty (20) feet in length from the usual low water mark of the Ohio River and shall not extend out into the river further than fifty (50) feet from the usual low water mark. Section 13-60. Docks; walking platforms; size. costs thereof. The Board of Parks and Recreation may for cause shown or violation of any of the terms or conditions of this article cancel said license by giving fourteen (14) days written notice to the address shown on the license application. Upon receipt of a cancellation notice, the owner of such a facility shall remove his facility within the time given on the notice and, upon the failure to remove it, the facility shall be removed by the Board of Parks and Recreation and the costs of so doing shall become a~ legal obligation of the person whose license was so cancelled. Any time a license is cancelled, with cause, of said license may appeal to the Board of Public Safety this action. This appeal shall be in writing be done within ten (10) days of the date which the Parks and' Recreation Every dock, slip or facility for which a license is required by this artic.le shall have a platform on which to walk which shall be not less than thirty (30) nor more than thirty-six (36) inches in width. All platforms shall be of a height which is appropriate for the boat which is used in that facility. Section 13.61. Facilities to be at right angle to shoreline. Any dock facility built after July 11, 1960, for which a license is required by the provisions of this article, shall be so constructed as to make said facility run at right angles to the shoreline. Any boat dock which is not at right angles to the bank shall, when vacated by the present owner, be made into right angle docks. Section 13-62. No person of the riverfront described in Section 13-52. Dumping trash, etc. shall dump trash or waste material on any part Section 13-63. Fishing. No person shall fish provisions of this article the lessee of that particular dock; in such areas as are reserved for from a boat dock licensed under without written permission from fishing shall be permitted same and so designated by proper markings. Section 13-64. ~arking. On the street leading from the river edge to the top of Riverside Drive, there shall be no parking of motor vehicles for a period of time exceeding the time necessary to put a boat in the river or to take a boat out of the river. There shall be no vehicular parking on the riverbank except by lessees possessing licenses issued pursuant to this article. With the exceptions of boat docks numbered 79 through 91, 60 through 62, 74 through 78 and 92 through 93, which are currently desig- nated as commercial areas, no further commercial boat docks shall be allowed between the portion of the river bank from Jeffboat to the JFK bridge. There shall be no parking south of Riverside Drive except for those individuals holding boat docks in that area. Commercial parking shall be allowed in designated areas only. Upon the issuance of a license to the individuals renting boat docks, they shall receive on an annual basis a sticker which they may attach to each vehicle which they own and which they provide proof to the Board of Parks and Recreation of ownership, which sticker shall have the number of the boat dock which they are assigned prominently displayed upon i~. The stickers shall be of such a nature that they are readily identifiable by the Jeffersonville Police Department. Those individuals who are using the commercial establish- ments which have boat docks shall not in any manner infringe upon the areas designated as parking for the other boat dockers. Section 13-65. A. Lower Traffic flow. river road shall be a one-way road west from the entryway immediately west of the Jeffersonville overlook to the traffic island in the middle of the lower river road. Traffic from Clark Street east to the traffic island shall be two-way. The provisions of this paragraph shall be in effect from the 1st day of April until the 31st day of October. The traffic on the lower river road shall be two-way from the 1st day of November until the 31st day of March. Section 13-66. Liability of City. The installation, maintenance, damage to and removal of any docks or facilities licensed pursuant to this article shall be at the risk and expense of the licensee. Neither the City nor the Board of Parks and Recreation shall in any manner be responsible for any damage done to a dock facility or persons using said docks. Section 13-67. Resident priority. The residents of the City of Jeffersonville shall have priority upon receiving docks if and when any docks become available. Section 13-68. Penalties. Anyone who shall be convicted of a violation of any section of this Ordinance shall be fined not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.06). This Ordinance shall be in full force following its signing and publication as required by law. Passed this 5th day of August, 1985. ATTEST: Presented by me as Clerk-Treasurer to City of Jeffersonville this ~ day of 1985. the Mayor of said C. RY~HARD SPENC , J CLERK-TREASURER ~~/ Approved and signed , 1985. by me this O/ day of