Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- James River and Appomattox River
- Geographic extent
- The port and harbor includes the full width and shore lines of the James and Appomattox Rivers extending northwardly from City Point to the Hopewell Ferry Company slip at Upper Shirley, including waters and bays formed by the junction, and extending up the Appomattox River to the western corporate limits, and from City Point south and eastwardly down the James River to Jordan's Point.
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Construction or use of blinds, fixtures and stakes prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The construction or use of blinds or other fixtures for shooting of wild game or the erection, placing or use of stakes of any material within the waters or bays of the port lying on the south or Hopewell side of the main channel of the Appomattox River, and that of the James River after its confluence with the Appomattox River, so far as the corporation lines of the city may extend up the Appomattox River and down the James River, is unlawful. (Sec. 29-20)
- Removal of blinds, fixtures and stakes10 days
It shall be the duty of the harbor master or police to give notice to all parties claiming the right of ownership or use of any blinds, fixtures or stakes located within waters described in section 29-10, to remove such blinds, fixtures or stakes within ten (10) days after the receipt of such notice. (Sec. 29-21)
- Prohibition on dumping ashes, rocks, gravel, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dump ashes from steamers or dunnage from vessels or cast or deposit stone, gravel, earth or other like substance into the waters of the harbor. (Sec. 29-8)
Other
- Removal of abandoned vessel in dilapidated condition
Any watercraft or vessel of any size or description abandoned as such and in a dilapidated or rotting condition anywhere along the shore line of the port, or partially sunk or sunken at any place within its waters, shall be removed by the owner thereof, on notice by the dock commission. (Sec. 29-11)
- Removal of abandoned wharf or dock in dangerous condition
Any wharf or dock at the port or harbor, which has been abandoned or is not in use as such and is in a bad or dangerous condition of repair or state of dilapidation, on due and proper notice given by the dock commission, shall be torn down and removed by the owners thereof... (Sec. 29-10)
- Anchoring in channel prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. without consent
No person shall anchor any vessel in the channel of the harbor, without first obtaining the consent of the harbor master. (Sec. 29-13)
- Handling of high explosives to and from vessels500 lbs
The handling of gunpowder, dynamite, nitroglycerine or other high explosives to and from vessels, in quantities greater than five hundred (500) pounds, in the harbor must be with the permission of the harbor master... (Sec. 29-19)
- Preference of vessels loading or unloading at wharf
Vessels lying alongside a wharf in the port or harbor, and not taking on or discharging cargo, shall make way for or permit other vessels desirous of loading or unloading cargo to come alongside such wharf. (Sec. 29-16)
- Maximum vessels anchored abreast at wharf2 vessels
Persons in charge of vessels shall not permit them to lie at anchor at any wharf more than two (2) abreast, without first obtaining the consent of the harbor master. (Sec. 29-14)
- Regulation of moorings
The harbor master shall fix and regulate the moorings of vessels in dispute regarding such moorings and generally determine and regulate the moorings of all vessels within the harbor not otherwise fixed and determined by private contract... (Sec. 29-12)
- Shipkeeper required for vessels
All vessels, steamers and barges in the port or harbor shall keep a proper shipkeeper or person in charge or on hand at all times. (Sec. 29-17)
- Shooting from watercraft prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No person shall shoot any firearm from watercraft within the area delineated in section 29-20. (Sec. 29-22)
- Speed limit for vessels over 50 tons within 50 feet of wharf3 mph
No power-driven vessel of more than fifty (50) tons' capacity within the harbor shall pass within fifty (50) feet of any wharf at a greater rate of speed than three (3) miles per hour. (Sec. 29-18)
- Speed limit for vessels under 50 tons on Appomattox River6 mph
No power-driven vessel of less than fifty (50) tons' capacity shall travel on the Appomattox River, in that area bounded on the west by the westerly line of 21st Avenue extended in a northerly direction across such river and on the east by the Appomattox River Bridge, at a greater rate of speed than six (6) miles per hour. (Sec. 29-18)
- Light to be exhibited on vessel at anchor or at wharf15 ft
Vessels at anchor or at wharves in the port or harbor shall exhibit, between sunset and sunrise, a visible signal light in the rigging at least fifteen (15) feet above the deck. (Sec. 29-15)
- Wharf and dock maintenance
All owners of wharves or docks in use at the port or harbor for boarding or landing purposes or for receiving or discharging freight of any character shall keep the same at all times in good and sufficient repair and condition... (Sec. 29-9)
From the ordinance
Port and harbor regulations for the City of Hopewell.