Chapter 14.40
NUISANCES AND DEBRIS

Sections:

14.40.010    Floating objects.

14.40.020    Drifting debris.

14.40.025    Tandem moorage.

14.40.030    Oil spillage prohibited.

14.40.040    Nuisances.

14.40.010 Floating objects.

All vessels, watercraft, logs, piling, building material, scows, houseboats or any other article of value found adrift in Kirkland Harbor, may be taken in charge by the port warden and shall be subject to reclamation by the owner thereof, on payment by him to the city of any expenses incurred by the city, and in case of failure to reclaim, may be sold or disposed of according to law. (Ord. 800 § 11, 1960)

14.40.020 Drifting debris.

It is unlawful for the owner, agent or lessee 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 port warden and the expense thereof shall be paid by and recoverable from the owner, agent or lessee of such pier to the city. (Ord. 800 § 40, 1960)

14.40.025 Tandem moorage.

The tying together or rafting of boats or other objects when moored, docked or berthed adjacent to any dock, pier or float owned by the city and available for general public moorage is prohibited. No more than three boats or other objects may be tied or rafted together when moored, docked or berthed adjacent to any other dock, pier or float subject to the provisions of this title. (Ord. 2859 § 1, 1985: Ord. 2351 § 4, 1977)

14.40.030 Oil spillage prohibited.

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 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 to do so, the same may be removed by the port warden and the expense thereof shall be paid by and recoverable from the person causing the 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. (Ord. 800 § 41, 1960)

14.40.040 Nuisances.

Sunken or swamped vessels or watercraft, refuse of all kinds, structures or pieces of any structure, dock sweepings, dead fish or parts thereof, dead animals or parts thereof, timber, logs, piles, boom 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. It is unlawful for any person to put any of the above named articles or substances in the Kirkland Harbor, or upon the shores thereof, or in such position that the same may or can be washed into the harbor, either by high waters, storms, floods or otherwise. Any person causing or permitting such nuisances shall remove the same, and upon failure so to do, the same may be removed by the port warden and the expense thereof shall be paid by and recoverable from the person creating the nuisance. In all cases such nuisances may be abated in the manner provided by law. The abatement of any such public nuisances shall not excuse the person responsible from prosecution. (Ord. 4406 § 27, 2013: Ord. 800 § 42, 1960)