A. “Abandoned property” refers to any hulk, derelict, wreck, or parts of any Vessel, sunk, beached, or allowed to remain in an unseaworthy or dilapidated condition in Belvedere Waters without a Permit for 30 days or more, and without a watchperson or other person being maintained upon or near, and in charge of the Vessel.

B. “Anchoring” refers to using equipment carried on the Vessel to maintain position in the water.

C. “Belvedere Waters” means and refers to any and all of the navigable waters of Richardson Bay or San Francisco Bay covering submerged lands held in trust by the City.

D. “Harbors and Navigation Code” refers to the California Harbors and Navigation Code, as may be amended from time to time.

E. “Impound” means the removal and storage of a Vessel by the City.

F. “Liveaboard” refers to a Vessel that is used by any person(s) as a residence and/or is occupying that Vessel and engaging in those usual and customary activities associated with a person’s residence or abode such as, but not limited to, sleeping and preparation of meals. This definition will also include any individual using a Vessel for four or more days or nights within any seven-day period as a place of business, storage use, professional location or other commercial enterprise, when transportation is a secondary or subsidiary use.

G. “Marine Debris” refers to a Vessel, or part of a Vessel, including a derelict, wreck, hulk, or part of any watercraft or dilapidated Vessel that is unseaworthy and not reasonably fit or capable of being made fit to be used as a means of transportation by water.

H. “Mooring” refers to making fast to a mooring buoy having a fixed permanent anchor.

I. “Moorings” means any weight, chain, rope, float structure, and/or appliance used by a vessel for anchoring purposes, and which is not carried aboard such vessel as part of the regular equipment.

J. “Pier” means any fixed or floating structure for securing vessels, loading or unloading persons or property, or providing access to the water, and includes wharf, dock, float, or any other landing facility.

K. “Vessel” shall mean every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water, as further defined in the Harbors and Navigation Code section 21. (Ord. 2016-4 § 2, 2016; Ord. 81-5 § 1, 1981; Ord. 158 NS, 1969; prior code § 23-1.)