13.24.070 Time of day restrictions.
A. In the turning basin or waterways, no person shall use a vessel moored or berthed therein as a residence except as specifically authorized by the public works director, in writing, as follows:
1. A commercial fishing vessel may be used as a residence except such a vessel may not be so used for more than five consecutive days in any three hundred sixty-five day period;
2. A transient vessel may be used as a residence for not more than three consecutive days in any fourteen day period.
3. Emergency conditions: A vessel may be used as a residence when necessary during a storm or emergency but in no event for more than ninety consecutive days in any three hundred sixty-five day period.
B. In the turning basin and/or marina, no person other than a vessel owner and/or a person in charge of a vessel (and/or a person at the invitation of either) shall be in the docking area between sunset and sunrise. This restriction shall be posted as provided in Section 13.24.130.
C. In the turning basin, waterways and/or marina, amplified music, loud radios, shouting and any other loud noise are prohibited between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., unless specifically authorized in writing by the public works director.
D. The mooring or anchorage of vessels, regardless of size, is prohibited within the city’s waterways between sunset of any day and sunrise of the next day, except at established public/private/ commercial docks or when a bona fide emergency exists. Pursuant to Section 13.24.130, the public facilities and services director shall post such signs as he or she deems appropriate along the Petaluma River, from its function with Washington Creek, downstream to the southern corporate limits of the city, giving notice of this restriction.
(Ord. 2173 NCS §2, 2004; Ord. 1793 NCS §1 (part), 1990.)